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Musical instruments have been made to make musical sounds. So, any object that makes sound can be considered as a musical instrument. There are different types of musical instruments which can be classified into five heads. These are percussion, brass, string, keyboard, and woodwind. Online shopping gives a lot of options and discounts. Buy musical instruments online to save your hard-earned money.

Percussion instruments:

These are instruments which are played by striking on them. The striking is done by another small instrument or by hand to produce a sound which has rhythm. There are two types of percussion instrument. These are:

Unpitched percussion instrument – Unpitched percussion instrument is an instrument which is played to produce sounds in an undefined way. These instruments have no definite pitch. It is also called the untuned percussion instrument. These include Cymbal, tam-tam, bass drum, conga, snare drum, bongo drum, timbales, and gong.

Pitched percussion instruments – Pitched percussion instruments can play different notes. These instruments produce musical notes that are of more pitches. Some examples of pitched percussion instruments are steel drum, xylophone, tubular bell, piano, vibraphone, celesta, cup chime, metallophone, etc.

Instruments which are commonly used in both roles are hand bell, crotales, octoban, triangle, bell, cowbell, rototom and temple block.

Brass instruments:

These are musical instruments that produce sound with the help of air vibration. The resonation is sympathetic with the vibration of the player's lips. These instruments are also known as labrosones meaning “lip vibrated instruments”. The five main brass instruments are trumpet, French horn, tuba, orchestra, and trombone.

String instruments:

These instruments produce sound by the vibration of the string when played in a particular manner. Some examples of string instrument are banjo, harp, mandolin, guitar, violin, electric bass, cello, ukulele, viola, and double bass.

Keyboard instruments:

These instruments are played using a keyboard where the keys are pressed by the fingers to create music or sound which are in perfect harmony. The instruments which fall under this category are harmonium, accordion, clavichord, electronic keyboard, celesta, dulcitone, harpsichord, keyboard bass, orchestron, piano, synthesizer, spinet, and virginals.

Wind instruments:

These are musical instruments where the wind is passed to make sound or music. The wind is passed through the help of the mouth. The music is created by passing of wind in a certain manner. The coming of sound depends on the pressure of breath. These instruments can be classified into two types. These are:

Brass instruments – Brass instruments include tubas, trumpets, euphoniums, horns, and trombones. Traditionally these instruments were made of brass. In brass instruments, the lips of the player vibrate causing the air inside the instrument to vibrate.

Woodwind instruments – Woodwind instruments include bassoons, recorders, clarinets, flutes, saxophones, and oboes. Traditionally these instruments were made of wood. Here the air is blown through the open hole.

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