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instrumento musical

Definitions of instrumento musical
  1. noun
    any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds
    synonyms: instrumento
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    types:
    organillo
    a musical instrument that makes music by rotation of a cylinder studded with pegs
    bajo
    the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments
    birimbao, trompa de París, trompa gallega
    a small lyre-shaped musical instrument that is placed between the teeth and played by twanging a wire tongue while changing the shape of the mouth cavity
    caja de música
    produces music by means of pins on a revolving cylinder that strike the tuned teeth of a comb-like metal plate
    instrumento de percusión
    a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another
    instrumento de cuerda
    a musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound
    instrumento de viento
    a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath
    acordeón
    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
    contrabajo, violón
    largest and lowest member of the violin family
    tuba
    the lowest brass wind instrument
    instrumento de cuerda con arco
    stringed instruments that are played with a bow
    metal
    a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece
    celesta
    a musical instrument consisting of graduated steel plates that are struck by hammers activated by a keyboard
    campanas tubulares
    a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument
    clavicordio
    an early stringed instrument like a piano but with more delicate sound
    címbalos
    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
    tambor
    a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
    dulcémele
    a stringed instrument used in American folk music; an elliptical body and a fretted fingerboard and three strings
    órgano electrónico
    (music) an electronic simulation of a pipe organ
    batintín, gong, tantán
    a percussion instrument consisting of a metal plate that is struck with a softheaded drumstick
    guitarra, sonanta
    a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking
    kazoo
    a toy wind instrument that has a membrane that makes a sound when you hum into the mouthpiece
    atabal, timbal
    a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it
    marimba, xilófono
    a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets
    ocarina
    egg-shaped terra cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes
    órgano
    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
    piano
    a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds
    corneta
    wind instrument used by postilions of the 18th and 19th centuries
    salterio
    an ancient stringed instrument similar to the lyre or zither but having a trapezoidal sounding board under the strings
    cítara, 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
    triángulo
    a percussion instrument consisting of a metal bar bent in the shape of an open triangle
    vibráfono
    a percussion instrument similar to a xylophone but having metal bars and rotating disks in the resonators that produce a vibrato sound
    cítara
    a musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers
    type of:
    aparato, dispositivo, mecanismo
    an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
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