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One source suggests that the instrument took its name from its players, who were called charangeros, meaning "someone of questionable character and low morals". [11] Another traces the term to the alteration of a Spanish term, charanga , which could refer to either a type of military music played on wind instruments, or an out-of-tune orchestra ...
A number of countries have more than one instrument listed, each having been described as a national instrument, not usually by the same source; neither the presence of multiple entries for one nation, nor for multiple nations for one instrument, on this list is reflective of active dispute in any instance. Alternative names and spellings are ...
العربية; Azərbaycanca; বাংলা; Башҡортса; Беларуская (тарашкевіца) Català; Čeština; Ελληνικά; Español
Spanish musical instrument makers (3 C, 5 P) Pages in category "Spanish musical instruments" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
A number of instruments have been invented, designed, and made, that make sound from matter in its liquid state. This class of instruments is called hydraulophones . Hydraulophones use an incompressible fluid, such as water, as the initial sound-producing medium, and they may also use the hydraulic fluid as a user-interface.
Instrument Picture Classification H-S Number Origin Common classification Relation Acme siren: aerophones: 112.122: England. Developed and patented in 1895. Acme is the trade name of J Hudson & Co of Birmingham, England. It was sometimes known as "the cyclist's road clearer" unpitched percussion: whistle Afoxé: idiophones: 112.122: Edo ...
Instruments commonly part of the percussion section of a band or orchestra. These three groups overlap heavily, but inclusion in any one is sufficient for an instrument to be included in this list. However, when only a specific subtype of the instrument qualifies as a percussion instrument, only that subtype is listed here.
Gaida (pronounced guy'-da) also known as meshnica (Macedonian: мешница) is the Macedonian name of the bagpipe (Macedonian: гајда). It's a folk musical wind instrument composed of a bag (Macedonian: мев), with three or four tubes for blowing and playing. The Macedonian bagpipe can be two-voiced or three-voiced, depending on the ...