The ABCs of Musical Instruments Kim Treat

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The ABCsof Musical InstrumentsKim Treat
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Accordion

• An accordion is an instrument that is held in
  front of the body and is played by keys and
  bellows.

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Bagpipes

• Bagpipes are a musical wind instrument with a bag
  and pipes. When we think of bagpipes, we think
  of the country of Scotland.

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Clarinet

• A clarinet is a musical instrument shaped like a
  long tube that is played by blowing air through a
  reed at the top.

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Drum

• A drum is a round instrument, that has skins
  stretched over the open ends.When beaten, it
  gives a loud booming or rattling sound.

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Euphonium

• An euphonium is a large wind instrument that
  makes deep sounds when air is blown into the
  mouthpiece.

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Flute

• A flute is a musical instrument shaped like a
  tube, with finger holes that make different
  sounds when air is blown through a hole at one
  end.

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Guitar

• A guitar is a musical instrument with six strings
  and a body that makes sound when the strings are
  strummed.

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Harp

• A harp is a large instrument with strings
  stretched across a triangular frame. Sound is
  made when the strings are played with the
  fingers.

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Instruments

• An instrument is a machine for making musical
  sounds.

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Jingle Bells

• Jingle bells are musical instruments used to make
  a clinking or tinkling sound.

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Keyboard

• An electronic keyboard is a musical instrument
  used to make different sounds by striking keys.

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Lute

• A lute is an old-time string instrument, much
  like a guitar.

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Mandolin

• A mandolin is a musical instrument with a
  pear-shaped body and a set of strings, much like
  a guitar.

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Nyckelharpa

• A nyckelharpa is a musical instrument that has
  been played in Sweden for over 600 years. It has
  16 strings that are played with a bow.

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Oboe

• An oboe is a musical instrument shaped like a
  tube and played by blowing air into a double-reed
  mouthpiece.

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Piano

• A piano is a musical instrument that makes sounds
  when the keys are pressed, causing little mallets
  to strike strings inside the body.

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Quena Flute

• A quena flute is a musical instrument shaped
  like a tube with six finger holes and a notch in
  the top to blow into.

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Rain Sticks

• Rain sticks are musical instruments that are
  usually made from bamboo or cactus sticks with
  beads inside to create the sound of falling rain.

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Saxophone

• A saxophone is a large musical instrument with a
  curved tubular shape. Sound is made by blowing
  into the mouthpiece at the top.

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Trumpet

• A trumpet is a metal wind instrument with three
  valves for making different sounds.

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Ukulele

• A ukulele is a musical instrument that looks like
  a small four-stringed guitar, popular in Hawaii.

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Violin

• A stringed musical instrument held under the chin
  and played with a bow

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Windchimes

• Windchimes are musical instruments that make
  sounds when the wind blows metal or wooden tubes.

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Xylophone

• A musical instrument made out of wooden or metal
  bars that make sound when hit with mallets.

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Yueqin

• A yueqin is a Chinese musical instrument much
  like a guitar, with two strings and a round box
  which produces sound.

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Zither

• A zither is a harp like musical instrument that
  is laid flat to play.