aerophones

An aerophone is any musical instrument which produces sound primarily by causing a body of air to vibrate, without the use of strings or membranes, and without the vibration of the instrument itself adding considerably to the sound. It is one of the four main classes (class 4) of instruments in the original Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification. Hornbostel-Sachs divides aerophones by the fact whether vibrating a ...

aerophones: Encyclopedia II - Free reed aerophone - Operation The following illustrations depict the type of reed typical of harmonicas, accordions and reed organs as it goes through a cycle of vibration. One side of the reed frame is omitted from the images for clarity; in actuality, the frame surrounds the reed on four sides. Each time the reed passes through the frame, it interrupts air flow. These rapid, periodic interruptions of the air flow initiate ...

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Bagpipes - Bagpipes in non-traditional forms of music

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aerophones: Encyclopedia - Wind instrument

A wind instrument is a musical instrument that contains some type of resonator (usually a tube), in which a column of air is set into vibration by the player blowing into (or over) a mouthpiece set at the end of the resonator. The pitch of the vibration is determined by the length of the tube and by manual modifications of the effective length of the vibrating column of air. Wind instrument - Techniques for obtaining ranges of notes. adjusting the effective length of the vibratin ...

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aerophones: Encyclopedia - Accordion

An accordion is a musical instrument of the handheld bellows-driven free reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as squeezeboxes. The accordion is played by compression and expansion of a bellows, which generates air flow across reeds; a keyboard controls which reeds receive air flow and therefore the tones produced. For a full description of the sound-producing mechanism, see Free reed aerophone. Accordion - Physical description. Modern accordions consists of a ...

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Accordion - Other free-reeds

aerophones: Encyclopedia - Baroque trumpet

A "lip-vibrated aerophone," the baroque trumpet is a musical instrument in the brass family (Smithers 1988). A baroque trumpet is an original instrument used in the 16th through 18th centuries, or a modern replica of an original instrument. Modern reproductions include both natural trumpets and the slightly embellished vented trumpets (Barclay 1998). Baroque trumpet - History. The first trumpets were made by vibrating the lips into an amplifier of some type, like a shell or an animal horn. The first metal t ...

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Baroque trumpet - History

Baroque trumpet - Instruments of the period

aerophones: Encyclopedia - Didgeridoo

The didgeridoo (or didjeridu) is a unique wind instrument of the Indigenous Australians of northern Australia. It is sometimes described as a natural wooden trumpet or "drone pipe". Musicologists classify it as an aerophone. There are no reliable sources stating the didgeridoo's exact age, though it is commonly claimed to be the world's oldest wind instrument. Archaeological studies of rock art in northern Australia suggests that the Aboriginal people of the Kakadu region of the Northern Territory have been using the didgeridoo for about 1500 years, based on the dating of paint ...

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aerophones: Encyclopedia - Trombone

Trumpet List of classical trombonists List of jazz trombonists A lip-reed aerophone with a predominantly cylindrical bore, the trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. The most frequently encountered trombones are the tenor and bass counterparts of the trumpet. The trombone is usually characterised by a telescopic slide with which the player varies the length of the tube. The word trombone derives from Italian tromba (trumpet) - and -one (a suffix meaning large). Thus, quite ...

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Trombone - Types of trombone

Trombone - Technique

Trombone - Variations in construction

Trombone - Selective Bibliography

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aerophones: Encyclopedia - Chromatic button accordion

A chromatic button accordion is a type of button accordion where the melody-side keyboard consists of rows of buttons arranged so that the pitch increases diagonally along and across the rows. The bass-side keyboard is usually the Stradella system or one of the various free-bass systems. Included among chromatic button accordions are the Russian bayan and Schrammel accordion. See also. Diatonic button accordion Piano accordion C ...

aerophones: Encyclopedia - Breath

Breathing transports oxygen into the body and carbon dioxide out of the body. Aerobic organisms require oxygen to create energy via respiration, in the form of energy-rich molecules such as glucose Humans typically breathe between 12 and 20 times per minute, with children breathing faster than adults. Babies may breathe as much as 40 times per minute. Adults normally breathe about 500-700ml of air at a time. An average 14 year old takes around 30,000 breaths per day. Breath is sometimes used as a metaphor for life itself ...

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Breath - Control of Breathing

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aerophones: Encyclopedia - Chordophone

A chordophone is any musical instrument which produces sound primarily by way of a vibrating string or strings stretched between two points. It is one of the four main divisions of instruments in the original Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification. What most westerners would call string instruments are classified as chordophones, violins, guitars, lyres, harps, for example. However, the word also embraces instruments that many westerners would hesitate to call string instruments, such as the musical bow and the piano (which, although sometimes called a string instrument, is also called a ...

aerophones: Encyclopedia - Tuba

Euphonium, Sousaphone, Contra bass bugle The tuba is the largest of the low-brass instruments and is one of the most recent additions to the modern symphony orchestra, first appearing in the mid-19th century, when it largely replaced the ophicleide. Tuba - Role of tuba. There is usually only one tuba in an orchestra, and it is used as the bass of the brass section, though its versatility means that it can be used to reinforce the strings and woodwind, or increasingly as a solo instrument. The most si ...

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Tuba - Notable jazz tubists

Tuba - Miscellaneous

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aerophones: Encyclopedia - Trumpet

Flugelhorn, Cornet, Bugle, Natural trumpet, Bass trumpet, Post horn, Roman tuba, Bucina, Shofar, Conch The trumpet is the highest brass instrument in register, above the horn, trombone, euphonium, and tuba. A musician who plays the trumpet is called a trumpet player or trumpeter. Trumpet - Construction. The trumpet is made of brass tubing bent into a rough spiral. Although the bore of the trumpet is said to be mostly cylindrical, it is formed from a complex series of tapers, the s ...

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Trumpet - Fingering

Trumpet - Books

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aerophones: Encyclopedia II - Free reed aerophone - History

The most likely precursor to free reed aerophones is the Jew's harp, an instrument known to many cultures throughout the world, and by many names. In this instrument, the main sound producer is the vibrating reed tongue itself, rather than the air flow. Various free reed instruments appear to have been invented since antiquity, but were unknown in the West until comparatively recently. Among the ancient instruments, the Khene of Laos and the Sheng of China have survived to modern times. It has been claimed that the Sheng was brought t ...

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