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Music: Picture Dictionary

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Banjo
Banjo

The banjo is a stringed musical instrument with a circular body.

Bassoon
Bassoon

The bassoon is a large woodwind instrument with a double reed. It can play very low notes.

Bell
Bell

A bell makes a beautiful sound when you ring it.

Bow
Bow

A bow is a device that is used to play a violin, viola, cello, double bass, or other stringed instrument.

Brass Instruments
Brass Instruments

The French horn, trumpet, trombone, and tuba are brass musical instruments.

Cello
Cello

A cello is a large string instrument.

Clarinet
Clarinet

The clarinet is a woodwind instrument.

Cymbals
Cymbals

Cymbals are musical instruments. You bang or hit these percussion instruments together to make a sound.

Double Bass
Double Bass

The double bass is a very large string instrument.

drum
Drum

Drums are very noisy musical instruments.

Duet
Duet

When two people perform music together, it is called a duet.

Electric Guitar
Electric Guitar

The electric guitar is an electronically-enhanced stringed instrument.

English Horn
English Horn

The English horn is a woodwind instrument.

fiddle
Fiddle

Fiddle is another word for violin. It is a stringed musical instrument.

Flute
Flute

The flute is a woodwind instrument.

French Horn
French Horn

The French horn is a brass musical instrument; it has a very long tube.

Gong
Gong

A gong makes a loud noise when you bang on it.

Guitar
Guitar

A guitar is a stringed instrument.

Harmonica
Harmonica

A harmonica is a small, bar-shaped musical instrument; you play it by blowing through the holes.

Harp
Harp

A harp is a musical instrument with many strings.

Horn
Horn

Horns are wind instruments. Your lips vibrate when you toot a horn.

Kazoo
Kazoo

You have to hum into a kazoo to make music.

Kettledrum
Kettledrum

The kettledrum is a large drum that makes a deep sound. A set of kettledrums is called a timpani.

Keyboard
Keyboard

A piano keyboard has 88 keys.

Maracas
Maracas

Maracas are musical instruments that are made from hollow gourds. Dried seeds or pebbles inside the gourds make noise when the maracas are shaken.

Music
Music

Music can be sung or played on instruments.

Musical Instruments
Musical Instruments

Musical instruments are devices used to make music.

Musician
Musician

A musician makes music.

notes
Notes

A note is a symbol that represents a musical tone.

Oboe
Oboe

The oboe is a woodwind instrument with a double reed.

Percussion Instruments
Percussion Instruments

Percussion instruments are musical instruments that are played by banging or shaking, like drums or maracas.

Piano
Piano

A piano is a musical instrument with 88 keys.

Piccolo
Piccolo

The piccolo is small, high-pitched woodwind instrument.

Rattle
Rattle

A rattle makes noise when you shake it.

Recorder
Recorder

A recorder is a small wind instrument.

Saxophone
Saxophone

The saxophone is a large woodwind instrument. It was invented by Adolph Sax around 1840.

String Instrument
String Instrument

String instruments are musical instruments that are played by plucking, strumming, picking, or bowing the strings. The guitar, violin, viola, cello, double bass, ukulele, lute, harp, and banjo are stringed instrument.

Tambourine
Tambourine

A tambourine is a musical instrument.

Triangle
Triangle

A triangle is a musical instrument that has a triangular shape.

Trombone
Trombone

The trombone is a long, brass, musical instrument.

Trumpet
Trumpet

Your lips vibrate when you play a trumpet.

Tuba
Tuba

The tuba is a large, brass, musical instrument.

Ukulele
Ukulele

A ukulele is a small instrument with four strings.

Viola
Viola

The viola is a stringed instrument that is slightly larger than the violin (and deeper in tone than the violin).

Violin
Violin

The violin is a stringed instrument.

Whistle
Whistle

A whistle makes a loud, shrill sound.

Woodwind Instrument
Woodwind Instrument

Woodwind instruments are wind instruments whose sound is produced by the vibration of reed(s) or by the blowing of air across the mouthpiece. The bassoon, clarinet, English horn, flute, oboe, piccolo, and saxophone are examples of woodwinds.

Xylophone
Xylophone

The xylophone is a musical instrument that has rows of bars and is played with a mallet.

zither
Zither

A zither is a small, stringed, musical instrument.

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