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Parent topics
- music [r]: The art of structuring time by combining sound and silence into rhythm and harmonies. [e]
- tool [r]: The technical means to an end. [e]
Subtopics
Stringed instrument
Bowed string instruments
- bowed string instrument [r]: Any instrument, typically made of carefully carved hardwood, played with a bow drawn across strings; for example, the violin or the cello. [e]
- violin [r]: An elegantly-shaped bowed stringed instrument, a bit shorter than the player's arm; the main staple of classical orchestras. [e]
- Fiddle [r]: The violin, when played in folk music or jazz. [e]
Plucked string instruments
- plucked string instrument [r]: Add brief definition or description
- guitar [r]: A stringed musical instrument consisting of three main types; the electric guitar, the classical guitar, and the acoustic guitar. [e]
Wind instruments
Brass instruments
- brass instrument [r]: Add brief definition or description
- trumpet [r]: Add brief definition or description
Woodwinds
- woodwind instrument [r]: Add brief definition or description
- flute [r]: Add brief definition or description
Keyboard instruments
- keyboard instrument [r]: Add brief definition or description
- piano [r]: Add brief definition or description
- organ [r]: Add brief definition or description
- pipe organ [r]: A keyboard musical instrument that produces sound by venting mechanically compressed air (wind) through resonant pipes. [e]
Percussion instruments
- percussion instrument [r]: Add brief definition or description
- drum [r]: Add brief definition or description
Electronic instruments
- electronic instrument [r]: Add brief definition or description
- synthesizer [r]: Add brief definition or description
Other related topics
- voice (music) [r]: The full range of sound audible to most humans, up to approximately 20 KHz, which can be produced by a human voice trained in music (i.e., singing) [e]
- wind chimes [r]: Add brief definition or description
- singing [r]: The act of producing musical sounds with the voice, which is often contrasted with regular speech. [e]
- whistling [r]: Add brief definition or description

