Medium of Performance Thesaurus for Music
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A clarinet (soprano) albogue tubes in a frame. USE clarinet BT double reed instrument UF kechruk a-jaeng alghōzā BT xylophone USE ajaeng USE algōjā anklung (rattle) accordeon alg̲hozah USE angklung (rattle) USE accordion USE algōjā antara accordion algōjā USE panpipes UF accordeon A pair of end-blown flutes played simultaneously, anzad garmon widespread in the Indian subcontinent. USE imzad piano accordion UF alghōzā anzhad BT free reed instrument alg̲hozah USE imzad NT button-key accordion algōzā Appalachian dulcimer lõõtspill bīnõn UF American dulcimer accordion band do nally Appalachian mountain dulcimer An ensemble consisting of two or more accordions, jorhi dulcimer, American with or without percussion and other instruments. jorī dulcimer, Appalachian UF accordion orchestra ngoze dulcimer, Kentucky BT instrumental ensemble pāvā dulcimer, lap accordion orchestra pāwā dulcimer, mountain USE accordion band satāra dulcimer, plucked acoustic bass guitar BT duct flute Kentucky dulcimer UF bass guitar, acoustic algōzā mountain dulcimer folk bass guitar USE algōjā lap dulcimer BT guitar Almglocke plucked dulcimer acoustic guitar USE cowbell BT plucked string instrument USE guitar alpenhorn zither acoustic guitar, electric USE alphorn Appalachian mountain dulcimer USE electric guitar alphorn USE Appalachian dulcimer actor UF alpenhorn arame, viola da An actor in a non-singing role who is explicitly alpine horn USE viola d'arame required for the performance of a musical BT natural horn composition that is not in a traditionally dramatic arará form. alpine horn A drum constructed by the Arará people of Cuba. BT performer USE alphorn BT drum adufo alto (singer) arched-top guitar USE tambourine USE alto voice USE guitar aenas alto clarinet archicembalo An alto member of the clarinet family that is USE arcicembalo USE launeddas associated with Western art music and is normally aeolian harp pitched in E♭. archiluth UF eolian harp UF E♭ clarinet (alto) USE archlute BT zither E-flat clarinet (alto) archiphone aeoliphone A microtonal electronic organ first built in 1970 in BT clarinet the Netherlands. USE wind machine alto flute BT electronic organ aerophone A flute in G, a fourth below the concert flute. archlute A musical instrument that creates sound through UF bass flute (alto flute) the vibration of air without the use of strings or An extended-neck lute with two peg boxes that membranes. BT flute was principally used in the Baroque period, on which the upper courses are tuned like a Renaissance lute BT instrument alto horn A valved brass instrument of alto pitch that is and the diapasons are tuned diatonically. NT armpit squeezing similar to a small euphonium in shape. UF archiluth balloon UF cavalry horn arcileuto free aerophone E♭ horn arciliuto free reed instrument E-flat horn erzlaute organ mellophone liuto attiorbato whistling tenor horn BT lute wind chime BT saxhorn arcicembalo wind controller alto recorder A harpsichord equipped with many divided keys, or wind instrument UF treble recorder a second manual, to allow more precise tuning of aerostat diatonic, chromatic, and enharmonic notes. BT recorder USE balloon alto saxophone UF archicembalo aetherphon BT saxophone BT harpsichord USE theremin alto trombone arcileuto Afghan lute BT trombone USE archlute USE rubāb alto voice arciliuto African hand piano UF alto (singer) USE archlute USE mbira contralto voice arcivioladaslyras agbe BT female voice USE lirone USE cabaca low voice arciviolata aggüé amadinda USE lirone USE cabaca A log xylophone of the Ganda people of Uganda. arciviolatalira agogo USE lirone A conical bell or bells mounted on a sprung steel UF madinda BT xylophone armonica hoop. USE glass harmonica UF agogo bells American dulcimer USE Appalachian dulcimer armpit squeezing gan gan A performer who traps air in his or her armpit and BT bell American Indian flute creates sound through a squeezing motion. agogo bells USE Native American flute BT aerophone USE agogo amore, flûte d' body percussion ajaeng USE flûte d'amour arpeggione UF a-jaeng amplified palette A fretted bowed string instrument of the 19th BT bowed string instrument BT electronic instrument century, tuned like a guitar. zither friction idiophone UF bowed guitar ala struck idiophone guitar violoncello USE psaltery amzad BT bowed lute albogón USE imzad atabaque USE alboka anata A large, narrow, single-headed conical drum from albogue USE tarka Brazil. USE alboka angklung (rattle) UF tambor A tuned bamboo sliding rattle of Indonesia and BT drum alboka Southeast Asia, or a set of such rattles. A Basque hornpipe with two pipes played atcheré simultaneously. UF anklung (rattle) USE cabaca UF albogón BT shaken idiophone angklung (xylophone) An East Javanese xylophone consisting of bamboo MP-1 atenteben balafon from the bandurria and/or bandola. An end-blown bamboo flute from Ghana. USE balo BT plucked lute BT duct flute balafou bandoneon audeharp USE balo A square button-key accordion popular in South A wooden harp with sixty parallel strings in two balalaika America. planes that intersect near the middle. A Russian folk stringed instrument with a long neck BT button-key accordion BT harp and triangular body. bandora audience UF balabayka A plucked wire-strung bass instrument invented in One or more participants in the performance of a balalayka England in the 16th century. musical work, other than the performer(s) on stage or BT plucked lute UF pandora otherwise presenting the work. balalaika ensemble pandore BT ensemble An ensemble consisting of two or more balalaikas. BT plucked lute performer BT plucked instrument ensemble bandoura aulos balalaika orchestra USE bandura An ancient Greek reed instrument typically played An ensemble consisting largely or wholly of bandura in pairs by one player. balalaikas and domras of different sizes, usually A Ukrainian plucked-string instrument which BT double reed instrument including other Russian or Ukrainian folk instruments, combines elements of lute and zither construction. autoharp percussion, woodwinds, and one or more bayans. UF bandoura BT plucked string instrument BT instrumental ensemble BT plucked string instrument zither balalayka bandurria automatic instrument USE balalaika A plucked string instrument from Spain, Latin USE mechanical instrument balaman (double reed instrument) America, and the Philippines. automatic musical instrument USE bālabān (double reed instrument) UF bandola USE mechanical instrument balaman (single-reed instrument) mandurria automatic organ USE bālabān (single reed instrument) BT plucked lute USE mechanical organ balaphon bang zi automatophone USE balo USE wood block USE mechanical instrument baliha bangdi B♭ clarinet (soprano) USE valiha UF duandi USE clarinet balloon gaodi B♭ contrabass clarinet UF aerostat BT di zi USE contrabass clarinet BT aerophone bangu B-flat clarinet (soprano) percussion instrument USE dan pi ku USE clarinet balo bangzi B-flat contrabass clarinet A West African gourd-resonated frame xylophone. USE wood block USE contrabass clarinet UF bala banjo Bʹ♭ tuba balafo BT plucked lute USE tuba balafon banjo uke babadok balafou USE banjo ukulele A small conical drum played by women in Timor- balaphon banjo ukulele Leste. BT mallet instrument An instrument combining a banjo body and ukulele UF babadok drum Baltic psaltery tuning. BT drum UF kanklės UF banjo uke babadok drum kannel banjolele USE babadok kantele banjouke baby rattle kokle banjulele A toy rattle usually used to entertain infants, but BT psaltery ukulele banjo sometimes used as a musical instrument. bamboo marimba BT plucked lute BT rattle UF boo (bamboo marimba) banjolele toy instrument BT mallet instrument USE banjo ukulele baganā bamboo pipe banjouke USE begena USE pipe (musical instrument) USE banjo ukulele bağlama bambuso sonoro banjulele A Turkish long-necked lute. An experimental bamboo organ designed by artist USE banjo ukulele BT saz Hans van Koolwijk. banká bagpipe BT organ USE ekón UF biniou baṃsarī bānsrī cornemuse (bagpipe) USE bānsurī USE bānsurī musette (bagpipe) bāṃsurī bānsurī BT double reed instrument USE bānsurī One of various types of South Asian flutes. NT border pipes band UF baṃsarī chiboni A large ensemble consisting primarily of bāṃsurī dudy woodwinds, brass, and percussion. For an ensemble consisting of two or more mixed woodwind or brass bānsrī gaita (bagpipe) instruments, see wind ensemble. For an ensemble bā̃srī mišnice consisting of brass or woodwinds only, see brass bā̃surī Northumbrian small pipe ensemble or woodwind ensemble. halur sordellina UF concert band husor uilleann pipe military band solor veuze symphonic band BT ductless flute bagpipe band symphonic wind ensemble bariton USE pipe band symphonic winds USE baryton bajan wind band baritone (singer) USE bayan wind ensemble (band) USE baritone voice bajo sexto wind orchestra baritone horn A large 12-string Mexican guitar. wind symphony The baritone instrument of the saxhorn family, BT guitar BT instrumental ensemble pitched in B♭. For the tenor of the tuba family see bala NT big band euphonium USE balo brass band BT saxhorn bālabān (double reed instrument) drum and bugle corps baritone oboe A traditional cylindrical oboe of the Caucasas. fife and drum corps USE bass oboe UF balaman (double reed instrument) marching band baritone saxophone BT double reed instrument band, washboard BT saxophone bālabān (single reed instrument) USE washboard band baritone voice A single reed instrument of the Uzbek and Tajik band organ UF baritone (singer) peoples of Central Asia.