Instruments
Meet the instruments
Take an instrument apart, tap each piece to hear what it does, and find out how it makes its sound. Instruments marked Draft are planned and still being written.
Strings
Sound from a vibrating string, bowed or plucked.
Western and Indian
Violin
The smallest and highest member of the string family, played with a bow, and at home in both Western orchestras and Carnatic concerts.
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Guitar
Six strings, frets and a hollow body: the instrument in almost every band and many living rooms.
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Sitar
A long-necked lute with curved frets and sympathetic strings that shimmer on their own.
Keyboards
Press a key and a hammer, reed or pipe makes the note.
Woodwind
Air vibrating inside a tube, set going by your breath.
Percussion
Struck, shaken or scraped.
Voice
The instrument everyone is born with.