Tag: instruments
Less Common Instruments
Some of these you may have seen before. Others you probably never knew they existed. These are extraordinary!
The World's Smallest Saxophone
Jim takes a look at the World's smallest saxophone, the soprillo.
Weird And Wonderful Saxophones
George and Michael take a look at some of the most interesting saxophones acquired in their family owned shop over the years. Which one is your favorite!?
What is a Cifteli?
The çifteli (çiftelia, qifteli or qyfteli , Albanian: "doubled" or "double stringed") is a plucked string instrument, with only two strings, played mainly by the Albanians of northern and central Albania, Southern Montenegro, parts of North Macedonia and...
Beginner Violin
The violin, sometimes known as a fiddle, is a wooden chordophone in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument in the family in regular use.
What is a Xaphoon?
The xaphoon is a chromatic keyless single-reed woodwind instrument. It has a closed cylindrical bore and a very slightly flared bell. The xaphoon has a full chromatic range of two octaves, and overblows at the twelfth like the clarinet.
Recorder's Are NOT Just For Kids?!
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.
What is a Fife?
A fife is a small, high-pitched, transverse aerophone, that is similar to the piccolo. The fife originated in medieval Europe and is often used in fife and drum corps, military units, and marching bands. Someone who plays the fife is called a fifer.
What Is A Tin Whisle?
The tin whistle, also called the penny whistle, is a simple six-holed woodwind instrument. It is a type of fipple flute, putting it in the same class as the recorder, Native American flute, and other woodwind instruments that meet such criteria. A tin whi...
How Music Brings Mortals Closer to Gods
In many mythologies, music is associated with explosions of life and bursts of creativity. But it’s also used to explore the dark side of human nature: the desire to manipulate our surroundings, or to control others.