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Most music for the tuba is written in bass clef in concert pitch, so tuba players must know the correct fingerings for their specific instruments. Traditional British-style brass band parts for the tuba are usually written in treble clef, with the B ♭ tuba sounding two octaves and one step below and the E ♭ tuba sounding one octave and a ...
Techniques developed by luthiers in Cremona for making stringed instruments hold unique importance in the world of music. Cremonese luthiers standardized the violin family of instruments, and Cremonese violinmaking techniques are still considered by many to be the best in the world.
A distinct feature that sets kokles apart from most of the other string instruments is that the strings don't rest on a bridge, making the sound quieter, but richer in timbre. Wooden (or sometimes metal) tuning pegs (tapas) are set into the wide tip of the body, while at the narrow tip is a metal rod (stīgturis) upon which the strings are ...
This is a list of musical instruments, including percussion, wind, stringed, and electronic instruments. Percussion instruments (idiophones, membranophones, struck chordophones, blown percussion instruments)
Half-tube zither, rectangular with three sound holes on the bottom, now with twenty-one strings most typically, pentatonic tuning, strings are plucked by hand 312.22-5: China: pipa [35] Pear-shaped bowl lute with a neck, played by plucking 321.321-5: China: yangqin [7] yang ch'in, yang qin
The world's second largest church organ is at the First Congregational Church of Los Angeles, California. Like Passau Cathedral (five organs, one console), it consists of multiple organs playing from twin consoles. Now known as "The Great Organs at First Church," the instruments were installed over a period of approximately 70 years.
Brass instrument; Other names: būq al-nafīr [1] nefir (Turkish spelling): Classification: Brass: Hornbostel–Sachs classification: 423.121 (Natural trumpets – There are no means of changing the pitch apart from the player's lips; end-blown trumpets – The mouth-hole faces the axis of the trumpet.)
Harmoniums are commonly found in gurdwaras (Sikh temples) around the world, where is it commonly used for Shabad kirtan devotional chanting. To Sikhs, the harmonium is known as the vaja or baja (ਵਾਜਾ; Vājā). It was widely adopted by Sikhs during the 19th and 20th century, often replacing native instruments. [14]