Musikinstrument

Definitions of Musikinstrument
  1. noun
    any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds
    synonyms: Instrument
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    Percussion-Instrument, Perkussionsinstrument, Schlaginstrument
    a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another
    Saiteninstrument
    a musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound
    Blasinstrument
    a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath
    Akkordeon
    a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; the reeds are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
    Banjo
    a stringed instrument of the guitar family that has long neck and circular body
    Kontrabass, Kontrabaß
    largest and lowest member of the violin family
    Tuba
    the lowest brass wind instrument
    Becken
    a percussion instrument consisting of a concave brass disk; makes a loud crashing sound when hit with a drumstick or when two are struck together
    Trommel
    a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
    Glockenspiel
    a percussion instrument consisting of a set of graduated metal bars mounted on a frame and played with small hammers
    Gong
    a percussion instrument consisting of a metal plate that is struck with a softheaded drumstick
    Gitarre
    a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking
    Pauke
    a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it
    Xylofon, Xylophon
    a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets
    Okarina
    egg-shaped terra cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes
    Orgel
    wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard
    Klavier
    a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds
    Sitar
    a stringed instrument of India; has a long neck and movable frets; has 6 or 7 metal strings for playing and usually 13 resonating strings
    Triangel
    a percussion instrument consisting of a metal bar bent in the shape of an open triangle
    Vibrafon, Vibraphon
    a percussion instrument similar to a xylophone but having metal bars and rotating disks in the resonators that produce a vibrato sound
    Zither
    a musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers
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    an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
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