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  2. List of musical instruments - Wikipedia

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    Instrument Picture Classification H-S Number Origin Common classification Relation Accordina: aerophones: 412.132: France: free reed instruments: accordion Accordion. Button accordion; Cajun accordion; Chromatic button accordion; Diatonic button accordion; Free bass accordion; Piano accordion; Schrammel accordion; Steirische Harmonika ...

  3. Tempo rubato - Wikipedia

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    Tempo rubato (Italian for 'stolen time'; UK: / ˈtɛmpoʊ rʊˈbɑːtoʊ /, US: / ruː -/, [1][2] Italian: [ˈtɛmpo ruˈbaːto];) is a musical term referring to expressive and rhythmic freedom by a slight speeding up and then slowing down of the tempo of a piece at the discretion of the soloist or the conductor. Rubato is an expressive shaping ...

  4. Trough zither - Wikipedia

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    The instrument's resonating gourd could also be used as a rhythm instrument; Wegner said if that the second person in the photo was "accompanying him rhythmically on the resonator" with his bare hands. Nanga. One way the Acholi play the instrument is as a fast rhythmic instrument, laying down a repetitive melodic beat for dancers.

  5. Recorder (musical instrument) - Wikipedia

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    Recorder (musical instrument) The recorder is a family of woodwind musical instruments in the group known as internal duct flutes: flutes with a whistle mouthpiece, also known as fipple flutes, although this is an archaic term.

  6. Musical instrument - Wikipedia

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    A musical instrument is a device created or adapted to make musical sounds. In principle, any object that produces sound can be considered a musical instrument—it is through purpose that the object becomes a musical instrument. A person who plays a musical instrument is known as an instrumentalist.

  7. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    A rapid, repeated alteration of volume (as on an electronic instrument); vibrato: an inaccurate usage, since vibrato is actually a slight undulation in a sustained pitch, rather than a repetition of the pitch, or variation in volume (see vibrato). tresillo (Sp.) A duple-pulse rhythmic cell in Cuban and other Latin American music trill

  8. Guitarrón mexicano - Wikipedia

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    The guitarrón is the principal rhythm instrument in the mariachi group, and it serves as the bass instrument, playing deep pitches. The rhythmic propulsion of the basslines played on it help to keep the other instruments together. It is unusual for a group to have more than one guitarrón player. Guitarrón players need good left-hand strength ...

  9. Melodica - Wikipedia

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    accordion, harmonica, pump organ, yu. The melodica is a handheld free-reed instrument similar to a pump organ or harmonica. It features a musical keyboard on top, and is played by blowing air through a mouthpiece that fits into a hole in the side of the instrument. The keyboard usually covers two or three octaves.