Created by: abbeygrech
Number of Blossarys: 7
English (EN) Name of a family of wind instruments having a reed resembling a clarinet's - and therefore classified among the woodwind (not 'brass') despite a metal body.
Small drum (slung slightly to one side when marching - hence alternative British (not U.S) name, side-drum); used in the orchestra, military band, dance band, etc.
An electronic musical instrument, played by moving the hands through electromagnetic fields created by two metal rods and named after Leon Theremin (1896-1993)a Russian scientist who invented it.
A large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it.
A small guitar-like four-stringed instrument from the South Pacific islands (but of Portuguese origin)having some vogue since the 1920's in the USA and Europe.
The act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm.
The same as a recorder or flageolet—a flute blown from one end like a whistle; a small wind instrument for making whistling sounds by means of the breath.
By: abbeygrech