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  2. List of musical instruments by Hornbostel–Sachs number

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    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.

  3. Rondalla - Wikipedia

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    Rondalla Alginet, beginning 1900's. The rondalla has its origins in the folk playing bands from Spain that were forerunners of the present-day rondalla and included four types: groups of young men who played and sang regularly in front of homes, bands of musicians known as murza or murga who begged for alms, a group of musicians known as comparza who played on stage, and groups of university ...

  4. Traditional music of Galicia, Cantabria and Asturias - Wikipedia

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    Folk wind instruments of the area include the Cantabrian pitu montañés, a kind of conical-bored shawm with seven holes in the front and one in the back, which is played in a similar manner to the bagpipe chanter. While it was traditionally made in E-flat, the instrument has been revitalized by Antón Corral, who makes them in D

  5. List of European medieval musical instruments - Wikipedia

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    Instrument played mainly in the Iberian Peninsula and Spanish influenced areas of Italy. [30] Appears earlier in sculpture and miniatures as a simple squared box with strings. Later the box becomes more elaborate. Played with 3-hole pipe. Some images shows play using 2 sticks, as well as one stick and fingers. 1447-1450, Spain.

  6. Tuna (music) - Wikipedia

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    In Spain, Portugal and Latin American countries, a tuna is a group of university students in traditional university dress who play traditional instruments and sing serenades. The tradition originated in Spain and Portugal in the 13th century as a means of students to earn money or food. Nowadays students don't belong to a "tuna" for money or ...

  7. Tumpong - Wikipedia

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    A lip-valley flute like the palendag, the tumpong makes a sound when players blow through a bamboo reed placed on top of the instrument and the air stream produced is passed over an airhole atop the instrument. This masculine instrument is usually played during family gatherings in the evening and is the most common flute played by the ...

  8. Castanets - Wikipedia

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    Castanets seller in Granada, Spain Pierre-Auguste Renoir's 1909 painting Dancing girl with castanets. Castanets, also known as clackers or palillos, are a percussion instrument (), used in Spanish, Calé, Moorish, [1] Ottoman, Italian, Mexican, Sephardic, Portuguese, Brazilian and Swiss music.

  9. Bamboo musical instruments - Wikipedia

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    Wind instruments made of bamboo played by students in Talaud, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. An example of a slit drum or scraper from the Philippines known as a kagul by the Maguindanaon people [1] Bamboo ' s natural hollow form makes it an obvious choice for many musical instruments. In South and South East Asia, traditional uses of bamboo the ...