Musical equipment

Musical equipment

Any device used to create sound, especially musical instruments.

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sagat

Musical equipment; Percussion instruments

This is the Arabic name for finger cymbals, and means "small metal trays".

riqq

Musical equipment; Percussion instruments

This is the Arabic word for tambourine.

bassoon

Musical equipment; Percussion instruments

A wooden double-reed instrument, with a compass of about three octaves, used as a bass to the oboe, having a pipe eight feet in length, so arranged in parts (whence the Italian ...

xylophone

Musical equipment; Percussion instruments

A musical instrument consisting of a graduated series of flat wooden bars, played by striking with a small hammer or by rubbing with rosined gloves.

triangle

Musical equipment; Percussion instruments

A musical instrument of percussion, consisting of a steel rod bent into a triangular form, but open at one corner; it is struck with a small straight steel rod.

gong

Musical equipment; Percussion instruments

A metallic disk with upturned rim (usually made of an alloy composed of four parts copper to one of tin) which produces resonant musical notes when suspended and struck with a ...