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Other keyboard instruments include celestas, which are struck idiophones operated by a keyboard, and carillons, which are usually housed in bell towers or belfries of churches or municipal buildings. [1] This list categorizes keyboard instruments by their designs, and thus operations.
The sousaphone (/ ˈ s uː z ə f oʊ n / SOO-zə-fohn) is a brass musical instrument in the tuba family. Created around 1893 by J. W. Pepper at the direction of American bandleader John Philip Sousa (after whom the instrument was then named), it was designed to be easier to play than the concert tuba while standing or marching, as well as to carry the sound of the instrument above the heads ...
Bullroarer. The bullroarer, [ 1] rhombus, or turndun, is an ancient ritual musical instrument and a device historically used for communicating over great distances. [ 2] It consists of a piece of wood attached to a string, which when swung in a large circle produces a roaring vibration sound. It dates to the Paleolithic period, being found in ...
Single reed. Alboka ( Basque Country, Spain) Arghul (Egypt and other Arabic nations) Aulochrome. Chalumeau. Clarinet. Piccolo (or sopranino, or octave) clarinet. Sopranino clarinet (including E-flat clarinet) Soprano clarinet.
These old tunings are the result of the natural harmonic series of a brass instrument such as the sackbut. Natural harmonic series on C, 1 to 32, showing the F slightly sharp by 16.5 cents Play ⓘ As the bell is smaller than a modern trombone, the harmonic series is closer to a perfect harmonic series, which is the basis for just tuning.
The clavichord is an example of a period instrument. In the historically informed performance movement, musicians perform classical music using restored or replicated versions of the instruments for which it was originally written. Often performances by such musicians are said to be "on authentic instruments".
Earl Hines. Earl Kenneth Hines, also known as Earl " Fatha " [ nb 1] Hines (December 28, 1903 [ nb 2] – April 22, 1983), was an American jazz pianist and bandleader. He was one of the most influential figures in the development of jazz piano and, according to one source, "one of a small number of pianists whose playing shaped the history of ...
A tenor horn (alto horn) in E ♭, baritone horn in B ♭, and euphonium in B ♭. A brass instrument is a musical instrument that produces sound by sympathetic vibration of air in a tubular resonator in sympathy with the vibration of the player's lips. Brass instruments are also called labrosones[ 1] or labrophones, from Latin and Greek ...