Wind instruments are actually known more technically as being aero phones. Wind instruments are capable of producing a sound when the column of air within them is set into motion or vibration by way of either a reed or the lips of the player. The tuning of these instruments is controlled by way of the [...]

• Arabic Lute String Acoustic Musical Instruments
• Eb Transpose Baritone & Tuba Brass Acoustic Musical Instruments
• Classical Acoustic Electric Guitar Acoustic Musical Instruments
• Banjo String Musical Instruments
• Trumpet Trumpet & Cornet Brass Acoustic Musical Instruments

• A Little About Dulcimers A dulcimer is a fretted instrument that most commonly includes three or four strings. The fretting is usually diatonic and spreads along a fingerboard attached to the instrument's body. It became popular in old-time American music in the 1800s. It is believed to have been brought over from Scotland or......
• Introduction to the Cittern Instrument There are a lot of really interesting instruments out there, in addition to the common ones that you hear about regularly. One example of a not so well known instrument is the cittern. The cittern is a musical instrument possessing strings, and it originally came from Europe. It is said......
• Brief History of Concertinas A concertina is a free reed acoustic musical instrument, falling in the same family as the accordion and the harmonica. The concertina musical instrument has buttons and bellows much in the same was as an accordion does, however the buttons typically exist on both ends rather than just on a......
• Fiddling Instruments: A Primer Generically, fiddles are bowed lutes. The fiddle term denotes the existence of a stringed instrument that has a neck that bears strings sounded through the use of friction rather than the use of striking or plucking as with other musical instruments. Playing the Fiddle In nearly all fiddle instruments around......
• Wind Instruments Guide 101 pt 2 Here is a guide to some of the more common and more interesting wind instruments. Some of these instruments are common place in the United States and others have a decidedly more worldly origin. Bugle The bugle is a type of wind instrument that does not actually contain any valves......

Continue reading → Wind Instruments Guide 101 pt 1

The bagpipes are a specific class of musical instruments. Bagpipes are essentially aerophones that make use of enclosed reeds that are fed from a constant stream of air that comes in the form of a bag. The greatest visibility internationally for these Bagpipes come from the Great Highland variety from Scotland and the Uilleann Pipes [...]

• California Player Piano Acoustic Musical Instruments
• Openers & Closers Doors & Fixtures Building Materials & Supplies Green Construction Store
• Signs - Construction Building Materials & Supplies Green Construction Store
• Hooks Fly Tying Materials & Tools Fly Fishing Fishing
• Cyber Player Piano Acoustic Musical Instruments

• Brief History for Double Bass or Stand Up Bass The Double Bass or Stand Up Bass is the largest and the lowest pitched of all bowed string instruments that is used as a part of the modern symphony orchestra. The stand up bass is a standard member of the symphony orchestra's string section as well as smaller string ensembles......
• Wind Instruments Guide 101 pt 1 Wind instruments are actually known more technically as being aero phones. Wind instruments are capable of producing a sound when the column of air within them is set into motion or vibration by way of either a reed or the lips of the player. The tuning of these instruments is......
• Fiddling Instruments: A Primer pt 4 ... Continued from pt. 3 The Tarhu One of the most significant new developments in the technology behind spike fiddle instruments can be found in the form of the circular bodied instruments known as Tarhu, as they are made by an Australian luthier known as Peter Biffin. With these instruments......
• Metal Instruments 101 There are a range of different metal percussion instruments that can be found in the modern western orchestra, even though many of them have origins that are not only ancient in nature, but also global as well. The Anvil - The Anvil is a specific type of sound effect that......
• Many Names of the Didgeridoo The Didgeridoo is also known as the didge or the didjeridu, and it is a wind instrument that was originally developed more than 1,500 years ago by the indigenous Australians in northern Australia. It is still used across the globe as well as in Australia, and has many names. It......

Continue reading → A Look at the Bagpipes