An ocarina is a type of wind instrument, or aerophone, in which sound is produced by the vibration of air. Unlike flutes, ocarinas are not tubes but consist of one or more enclosed, rounded chambers. They produce sound when air vibrates within the enclosure and exits through a hle near the mouthpiece.
qin, Wade-Giles romanization ch'in also called guqin (Chinese “ancient zither”) or qixianqin (Chinese “seven-stringed zither”), fretless Chinese board zither with seven strings.
The instrument's name is often translated as “Chinese lute” or “ancient lute” (guqin).
ocarina, (Italian: “little goose”, ) also called Sweet Potato, globular flute, a late 19th-century musical development of traditional Italian carnival whistles of earthenware, often bird-shaped and sounding only one or two notes.
Borrowed from Italian ocarina (literally “little goose”), due to the musical instrument's resemblance to the animal.
The name ocarina, meaning 'little goose', was first given to a musical instrument by Italian teenager, Guiseppe Donati, when he invented a submarine-shaped clay flute in 1853.
Guitar – A stringed instrument originally from Spain. It has a large, flat-backed sound box, a violin-like curved shape, a fretted neck, and six strings.
34-String Harp
Rees Mariposa 34-string concert lever harp has a range of A to C. Lever harps are often also called Irish harps or Celtic harps. We are also the makers of Harpsicle® Harps. Rees has been building harps since 1972.
Naqus – North African and Middle Eastern percussion instrument that consists of small brass cymbals struck with iron sticks. Narimono – Percussive musical instruments such as wooden blocks, bells and cymbals. Japan. Native American flute – An end-blown block flute.
Ehm (along with eh and uhm) is the equivalent of the fillers um or uh in English. Vieni con noi stasera? – Ehm, no lo so…
Bansuri is used in Hindustani classical music (North-Indian) which consist of 6 or 7 holes, where as, the Carnatic classical music (South-Indian) uses the Venu which consist of 8 holes but most of the time only 7 are used.
The six hole instrument covers two and a half octaves of music. The bansuri is typically between 30 centimetres (12 in) and 75 centimetres (30 in) in length, and the thickness of a human thumb. One end is closed, and few centimeters from the closed end is its blow hole.
Pulangoil, Venu, Karnatic flute, Pullanguzhal are the many names given to this unique eight-hole south Indian flute. It is commonly referred to as Carnatic or Karnatik or Karnatic flute based upon the earlier name for a large region of South India.
LUTHIEROS Phorminx has 7 strings, and it is a compact and very light musical instrument, making it the obvious choice for anyone (academic, musician, storyteller, etc.)
The yangqin has been called the "Chinese piano" as it has an indispensable role in the accompaniment of Chinese string and wind instruments. The yangqin's solo repertoire calls for more techniques than is usually required in orchestral pieces.