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MUSIC
VOCABULARY MUSIC
Term | Definition |
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Violin | A musical instrument with strings, that you hold under your chin and play with a bow |
Keyboard | The set of keys for operating a computer or typewriter, or the set of letters that you can click on to write on a smartphone or tablet |
Saxophone | A metal musical instrument that you blow into, used especially in jazz |
Trumpet | A brass musical instrument made of a curved metal tube that you blow into, with three valves for changing the note |
Clarinet | A musical instrument of the woodwind group. It is shaped like a pipe and has a reed and a mouthpiece at the top that you blow into. |
Piano | A large musical instrument played by pressing the black and white keys on the keyboard. |
Drums | A musical instrument made of a hollow round frame with plastic or skin stretched tightly across one or both ends. |
Guitar | A musical instrument that usually has six strings, that you play with your fingers or with a plectrum |
Accordion | A musical instrument that you hold in both hands to produce sounds |
Tambourine | A musical instrument that has a round wooden frame, sometimes covered with plastic or skin, with metal discs around the edge. |
Harp | Large musical instrument with strings stretched on a vertical frame, played with the fingers |
Harmonica | A small musical instrument that you hold near your mouth and play by blowing or sucking air through it |
Banjo | A musical instrument like a guitar, with a long neck, a round body and four or more strings |