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| | Musical instrument - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. | | | To learn about a specific instruments, consult the list of musical instruments or list of archaic musical instruments. | | | The fundamental frequency is controlled by the tension of the vocal cords and the tone quality by the formation of the vocal tract; a wide range of sounds can be created. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_instrument
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| | Folk Instruments |
| | The violin as a folk instrument is used by professional or semi-professional musicians. | | | In folk music, peasants and shepherds used it as a solo instrument. | | | Gypsy or peasant musicians use it to accompany the violin for dance music in the villages of Gyimes. |
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http://www.zti.hu/museum/introduc/folkinst.htm
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| | Sudeep Audio : Folk Instruments of India with audio samples |
| | This instrument is especially popular in Punjabi folk music and the Sikh religious music known as Shabad. | | | It is one of the main percussion instruments in a concert of classical Carnatic music. | | | Today it is merely relegated to filmi and folk music. |
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http://www.sudeepaudio.com/folk/folkinst.htm
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| | RUSSIAN FOLK |
| | Domra is the violin of Russian folk orchestra. | | | Gusli Handmade Russian folk Psaltery - is one of the oldest known Russian musical instruments. | | | RUSSIAN FOLK website is supported by Russian folk dance and music ensemble Barynya from Brooklyn, New York. |
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http://www.barynya.com/russian_folk.stm
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| | Guitar makers and manufacturers of the world |
| | Most of the instruments we made at that time were classical guitars, so it's no wonder that my first love was this type of instrument. | | | These wonderful instruments are lovingly hand-built for the best in tone, sustain and quality. | | | Played by some of the finest musicians the world over, these instruments are second to none for quality, craftsmanship, tone and sheer playing pleasure. |
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http://www.hayzee.com/guitars.htm
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| | Ethnic & Folk Instrument Shops and Dealers |
| | Brass band instruments, Indian classical musical instruments, Marching snare drum and bass drum, violin, congo and bongo. | | | Huge range of second hand and new acoustic, world and folk instruments. | | | We are the UK's leading Folk Musical Instrument and Accessory supplier. |
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http://www.musicalinstrumentsales.co.uk/folkshop.html
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| | T’rung – the folk-musical instrument |
| | T’rung musical instrument is made by hanging the different pointed bamboo tubes on one shelf to create nice sounds. | | | The musical instrument looks beautiful with GOOD and EXACT SOUND and has a green trade mark on it. | | | They are linked on one shelf in an order from low to high sound offering an interesting sound wave. |
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http://www.viethandart.net/Htmls/musical.htm
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| | Lesson Exchange: Just Stringing Along (Elementary, Music) |
| | Benchmark: Students identify the sounds of a variety of instruments, including many orchestra and band instruments from various cultures. | | | Read about and listen to string folk instruments | | | They will research and design a string instrument submitting a diagram and written explanation. |
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http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/1810.html
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| | Glossary of Folk Instruments |
| | Lute - class of instruments related to the violin and guitar; do not necessarily have to have a 'body'; plucked or bowed; many types, usually with a bowl back. | | | Accordion - free reed instrument with a keyboard originating in Saxony and Bohemia, now common throughout the world in folk music. | | | The Mexican version is a 6 string Mariachi bass guitar, while the Chilean is a 26 string troubadour's instrument related to the Cuatro. |
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http://www.hobgoblin-usa.com/info/glossary.htm
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| | Tom Lee Music - Canada's Musical Instrument Megastore |
| | Tom Lee Music is Canada’s ultimate musical instrument "mega-store". | | | As one of the largest full line music retailers in Canada, Tom Lee Music brings together a universe of musical possibilities that can bring success to any musical endeavour, large or small. | | | Tom Lee Music - Canada's Musical Instrument Megastore |
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http://www.tomleemusic.ca/main/printmusicvideos.cfm?list=1&id=59
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| | General Sources of Folk and Folk Instrument Paraphernalia |
| | Sources of Folk Music and Folk Instrument Paraphernalia | | | A long time source for folk music, instruments, books, and recordings. | | | HMT sells folk, ethnic, and unusual instruments, books and recordings from the US and the world. |
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http://www.rogo.com/folkstuff/general.html
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| | Hobgoblin Music Folk & Celtic Traditional Musical Instruments |
| | Everyone at Hobgoblin is involved in folk music, we provide employment to a growing number of folk musicians, makers and repairers. | | | All the team are actively involved in performing folk music. | | | Now in our 29th year, Hobgoblin Music is a family business founded and run by Pete and Mannie McClelland which promotes the playing of traditional music from the British Isles. |
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http://www.hobgoblin.com
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| | The Banjo: The People and The Sounds of America's Folk Instrument |
| | This section also features guitars, mandolins, and a number of hybrid instruments such as the banjarine, which combines the banjo with the mandoline. | | | The musical heritage of different cultures has merged to form “American” music, and the sound of the banjo has been an integral part of popular music in this country for more than 300 years. | | | The Banjo: The People and The Sounds of America's Folk Instrument |
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http://www.longislandmuseum.org/exhibits/banjo.htm
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| | Odd Music Store - Music books, CD's, Music Music Music! |
| | It provides an overview of acoustic instrument design principles for acoustic instruments of all sorts -- loads of practical, hands-on information, generously illustrated. | | | Newly reissued, this is the best-looking and most informative musical encyclopedia ever, with over 4,000 detailed drawings showcasing the evolution of instruments, from the first primitive whistle to modern day electronics. | | | Each track on this CD is performed by a different artist. |
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http://www.oddmusic.com/shopodd.html
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| | Buy Guitars: Folk Instrument Instruction & Videos; The online musicians catalog |
| | A wonderful collection of favorite folk and classic themes are artistically for chromatic harmonica solo in this book/CD package. | | | Everything from instruments to monitors to DJ equipment. | | | This excellent beginner's text teaches/introduces beginner to joy of accompanying songs with baritone uke with basic chords, strumming patterns, and folk songs. |
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http://www.musicianequipment.com/folk-instrument.asp
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| | Instrument Jokes |
| | In so labour-intensive an undertaking as a symphony, we regard the long oboe tacet passages to be extremely wasteful. | | | beat: what music students do to each other with their instruments. | | | I put the organ jokes here because I thought it made sense to put them next to the piano jokes. |
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http://www.mit.edu/people/jcb/jokes
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| | Thanthi Panai (tantipanai) Indian Folk instrument |
| | If you are interested in tribal and folk music you must have it! | | | The name Thanthi Panai is a reflection of the metal string used in its construction. | | | This tuning peg is used to tune to the tonic. |
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http://chandrakantha.com/articles/indian_music/thanthi.html
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| | Folk instruments - Banjos, Mandolins and 100's of Folk Instruments |
| | It is an excellent choice for folk song accompaniment. | | | This album, filled with some of the greatest banjo classics, is designed to help musicians develop basic bluegrass techniques, based on the styles of groups such as Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys, Flatt more > | | | Folk instruments - Banjos, Mandolins and 100's of Folk Instruments |
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http://www.music123.com/Folk-Instruments-d139.music
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| | The True History of the Autoharp |
| | To understand fully what transpired in the early days of the autoharp, we first have to look at exactly what Zimmermann patented. | | | In 1883, Gütter sold the rights to the chorded zither to Herman Lindemann from Klingenthal, near Markneukirchen. | | | Lindemann’s company traded in all types of musical instruments. |
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http://www.autoharpquarterly.com/n_autohist.php
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| | Thin Man String Co. - Folk instrument sales, repairs, and strings! |
| | REPAIR of: violin, guitar, mandolin and banjo families, and string instruments in general | | | Our Purpose is to provide a service, not just to sell, we're in this because we love music of all kinds, and speaking of service, we do that for all the instruments we sell, and I'm picky about proper setup! | | | Thin Man String Co. - Folk instrument sales, repairs, and strings! |
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http://www.thinmanmusic.com
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| | Musical Instruments For Sale and Wanted |
| | Click below to view second hand/used musical instruments for sale and wanted and musical instrument dealers and shops. | | | Second Hand, Used Musical Instruments For Sale and Wanted | | | where you can buy, sell and advertise all Musical Instruments, both secondhand/used and new. |
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http://www.musicalinstrumentsales.co.uk
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| | Folk Instrument Tutors |
| | Ideal for all Melody instruments, plus chords for accompanyment. | | | Click on the links in the gray bar above to go to the section that you are intersted in. |
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http://www.folkrevolution.co.uk/books/folktuition.html
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| | Home - createdigitalmusic.com |
| | You'll find Buchla's unfinished Magic Flute, the tape playing M-1, precursor to the Mellotron, recording goodies like the 1974 Helios Recording Sidecar and an Echoplex tape echo, Martenots, new instruments, old instruments, acoustic instruments from Bosendorfers to guitars, and more. | | | Most importantly, via Analogue Industries, we see that their new website is an extraorindary catalog of musical instruments. | | | The Audities Foundation is a not-for-profit we can all get behind: their preservation is the "preservation of electronic musical instruments and associated documentation for use in museums, recording studios, modern instrument research and new music/dance/film works." (So they're saving these things for us, right?) |
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http://createdigitalmusic.com/index.php?...&task=view&id=576&Itemid=44
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| | Folk Instrument makers and manufacturers of the world |
| | Home - Folk Guitars - Guitars2 - Guitars3 - Mandolins - Mandolins2 - Banjos - Fiddles - Basses - Dulcimers - Accordions - Melodions - Flutes - Folk Percussion - Other Instruments - Manufacturers Links - Contact | | | This website is dedicated to folk instrument manufacturers and makers of the world. | | | This website is designed to highlight some of the wonderful instruments that builders the world over are turning out for our playing pleasure. |
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http://www.hayzee.com
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| | Folk Stuff |
| | A web site dedicated to providing how to and where to information for folk musicians and those designing and building folk and experimental musical instruments; including dulcimers, autoharps, kalimbas, theremins, didjeridus, pennywhistles and flutes. | | | This web site is intended to allow anyone to share folk info they may have. | | | If you know of a periodical or catalog that I missed, know of another source for folk information that would be relevant here, or better yet have your own design, experience, or tips you would like to share, E-mail it to me at ds@rogo.com_xx. |
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http://www.rogo.com/folkstuff
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| | Departament of Folk Instrument |
| | Tchernikov are ensuring training of specialists in specializations “Conductor of Opera-Symphony Orchestra”, “Conductor of Chamber Orchestra”, “Conductor of Orchestra of Folk Instruments”, “Conductor of Orchestra of Wind Instruments”. | | | To a considerable extent the training-upbringing, scientific-research, creative and methodical work of the Division of Folk Instruments became much more active after 1979, after dividing the Division of Folk Instruments into the Division of Bayan-Accordion and the Division of String Folk Instruments. | | | Iossif Zhinovich, an outstanding virtuoso cymbalist, the founder of the Belarusian professional cymbal school, Art Director of the Orchestra of the BSSR, who was later on awarded with an honourable title of People’s Artist of the USSR, a scientific title of |
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http://www.bgam.edu.by/bgam_en/FI-Department.htm
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| | Welcome to Musicmaker's Kits |
| | We've spent over 25 years designing and refining some of the best acoustic kits and plans available for creative folks like you. | | | We hope you enjoy assembling them as much as we enjoy producing them. | | | Take your time and browse our online catalog. |
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http://www.musikit.com
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| | Folk Instrument |
| | Folk instruments are those instruments made and used by the indigenous people throughout the world. | | | Many of the instruments are simple percussion instruments, but others may include flute-type instruments, the bow, and various trumpet-type instruments as well as some quite complex instruments such as the bagpipe and the banjo. |
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http://www.music.vt.edu/MUSICDICTIONARY/textf/FolkInstrument.html
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| | Instrument Encyclopedia |
| | Their often virtuousic, rapidly strummed sound has also been evoked in Russian art music as composed by Sokolovsky, Dargomizhsky, Balakirev and Stravinsky. | | | "Balalaika." The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments. | | | The traditional significance of the balalaika continues to live among Siberian communities who associate this instrument with forest spiritual beings who love music and assist hunters. |
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http://www.si.umich.edu/chico/instrument/pages/blka_gnrl.html
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| | Instrument Facts |
| | Instrument Encyclopedia: Find out about almost any musical instrument... | | | Please look for Musical Instrument Facts, How Many People Play Instruments, Instrument Bands and History Of Instruments to find more Instrument Facts information. | | | 50) this.border=1; this.alt='Thumbnails by Thumbshots.org';">String instrument: Just the facts... |
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http://www.instrumentfacts.info
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| | Encyclopedias - various |
| | Welcome to the Instrument Encyclopedia /Music Heritage Network | | | Art / Automobiles / Christian Themes / Computers / Countries / Dance / Instruments / Medical / Misc / | | | ArtCyclopedia - the Guide to Fine Art on the Internet |
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http://disciplethenations.org/Encyclopedias.html
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| | Music Folk Instrument Feature: Fluke Ukes |
| | If you need a performance uke that has superior tone and dependability, this is the one for you. | | | As with all of our instruments, these Flukes are checked out and setup by our knowledgable staff. |
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http://www.musicfolk.com/docs/Instruments/NewInstruments/Fluke.htm
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| | [Nz-folk] (Fwd) Instrument Page |
| | ------- Forwarded message follows ------- Hello, We have about 50 musical instruments at our upcoming Auction this Saturday June 29th.We are a live Auction House inNortheast Connecticut and have aquired 2 fine private collections. | | | If you have any interest in what is up for auction you may visit our web site at www.christinas.biz. |
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http://www.earthlight.co.nz/pipermail/nz-folk/2002-June/003159.html
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| | Beihoff Music - Guitar/Folk Instrument Music |
| | will also be pleased to find a representative selection of lesson and song books for some of the "lesser known" folk instruments, such as: | | | If we don't have it, ask us if we can get it! |
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http://www.beihoffmusic.com/snav/21/page.htm
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