View allAll Photos Tagged MusicalInstruments
19th June 2018 at Barbican, London EC2 (with Headspace Ensemble supporting Wynton Marsalis).
The Trombone (the name means large trumpet) has a bigger mouthpiece and a longer tube (bent into an S shape) than the Trumpet. Trombone has been built in every size from piccolo to contrabass. The Slide Trombone has a telescoping slide mechanism that varies the length of the instrument to change the pitch. It developed in the middle of the 18th century from the Sackbut. Writers today identify a number of differences between the Sackbut and early Trombones in relation to the bore, bell, etc.), but at the time the two names and others (e.g. Posaune) were often applied to what seem to be the same instrument. The early Trombones had slightly smaller dimensions and had a bell that was more conical and less flared than the modern version.
The Soprano Trombone is usually pitched in B♭ an octave above the regular (tenor). The oldest known record of the soprano dates to the late seventeenth century. However, it was never widely used and disappeared long ago.
The instrument in the photo was developed by Torbjorn Hultmark in collaboration with Thein Brass. It features an F-valve, quite a large bore size and a relatively big bell.
Slide Trombones are assigned the number 423.22 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs ), indicating:
4 = Aerophones. Sound is primarily produced by vibrating air. The instrument itself does not vibrate, and there are no vibrating strings or membranes.
42 = Non-free aerophones. The vibrating air is contained within the instrument.
423 = Trumpets. The player's vibrating lips set the air in motion.
423.2 = Chromatic Trumpet. The pitch of the instrument can be altered mechanically.
423.22 = Slide Trumpets. The pitch can be changed by extending a telescopic section of the instrument.
25th January 2019 at the Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow (with Huntza supporting Danú).
The Accordion is a bellows driven free reed instrument. From the 1820s onwards several different free reed instruments were invented across Europe (the first to use the name Accordion was patented in Vienna in 1829). They evolved into three main types of instrument: Diatonic, Chromatic and Piano Accordions (as well as Concertinas).
The Diatonic Accordion is operated by pressing buttons or keys which allows air to flow across the reeds (these are strips of brass or steel) which vibrate to produce sound. It is bisonoric (the buttons make one note when the bellows are compressed and another when they are expanded).
Trikitixi was originally applied to a Basque instrumental group containing an Accordion, but these days more commonly applies to the instrument itself. It is a Diatonic Accordion which came to the Basque Country in the 19th century from Italy or France. It has two right hand rows (keyed a fifth apart) and 12 bass buttons. It combines both actions, the treble buttons being bisonoric and the bass buttons unisonoric.
This is a Triki Antiko made by Zero Sette of Castelfidardo, Italy.
Trkitixis are assigned the number 412.132 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs ), indicating:
4 = Aerophones. Sound is primarily produced by vibrating air. The instrument itself does not vibrate, and there are no vibrating strings or membranes.
41 = Free Aerophones. The vibrating air is not contained within the instrument.
412 = Interruptive Free Aerophones. The air-stream is interrupted periodically.
412.1 = Idiophonic Interruptive Aerophones or Reeds. The air-stream is directed against a lamella, setting it in periodic vibration to interrupt the stream intermittently.
412.13 = Free Reed Instruments. Instrument features a reed which vibrates within a closely fitting slot.
412.132 = Sets of Free Reads.
23rd April 2018 at the British Museum (room 33), London WC1.
The Nao is a pair of large Chinese cymbals which gently slope upwards towards the centre and a small boss. In village and other ritual associations it is played in dialogue with another pair of cymbals the Bo.
Naos are assigned the number 111.142 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs ), indicating:
1 = Idiophones. Sound is primarily produced by the actual body of the instrument vibrating, rather than a string, membrane, or column of air.
11 = Struck Idiophones. These idiophones are set in vibration by being struck.
111 = Directly Struck Idiophones. The player himself executes the movement of striking; whether by mechanical intermediate devices, beaters, keyboards, or by pulling ropes, etc.
111.1 = Concussion Idiophones or clappers. Two or more complementary sonorous parts are struck against each other.
111.14 = Concussion vessels or vessel clappers.
111.142 = Cymbals - Vessel clappers with manufactured rim.
25th January 2017 at the Royal Concert Hall (Strathclyde Suite), Glasgow (performance of "The Transports").
The Cor Anglais (or English Horn) is part of the Oboe family, approximately one and a half times the length of an Oboe and pitched a fifth lower. It has a pear shaped bell. The instrument originated in Silesia in the early 18th century when a bulb bell was fitted to a curved oboe da caccia-type body. Therefore it has nothing to do with England. The name enabled the English to distinguish it from what they called the French Horn.
Cors Anglais are assigned the number 422.112-71 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs ), indicating:
4 = Aerophones. Sound is primarily produced by vibrating air. The instrument itself does not vibrate, and there are no vibrating strings or membranes.
42 = Non-free aerophones. The vibrating air is contained within the instrument.
422 = Reed Instruments. The player's breath is directed against a lamella or pair of lamellae which periodically interrupt the airflow and cause the air to be set in motion.
422.1 = Double reed instruments or Oboes. There are two lamellae which beat against one another.
422.11 = Single Oboes [as opposed to sets of Oboes].
422.112 = With conical bore.
422.112-71 = With Keys.
7th August 2016 at Horniman Museum, London SE23.
The Balalaika is a Russian lute with with a trangular shaped body and three strings (or sometimes three double courses). It is made from a series of wooden ribs joined together. There is a family of eight different sized and pitched instruments.
The most common member of the family is the Prima or Soprano. This is usually played with the fingers and tuned A-E-E. Often the first string is made of steel, the two other made of nylon.
This instrument was made in the 20th century and has three double courses of wire strings.
Balalaikas are assigned the number 321.321-5 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs ), indicating:
3 = Chordophone. Instruments where the sound is primarily produced by the vibration of a string or strings that are stretched between fixed points.
32 = Composite Chordophone. Acoustic and electro acoustic instruments which have a resonator as an integral part of the instrument, and solid body electric chordophones.
321 = Lutes. Instruments where the plane of the strings runs parallel with the resonators surface.
321.3 = Handle Lutes. Instruments in which the string bearer is a plain handle.
321.32 = Necked Lutes. Instrument in which the handle is attached to, or carved from, the resonator, like a neck.
321.321 = Necked Bowl Lutes. Instrument with a resonator made from a bowl, either natural or carved.
321.321-5 = Strings vibrated by bare hands and fingers.
Noise, lights and tea. I need nothing more. It has a pickup installed and you can plug it into an amp and hit it and it makes all sounds of noises. It also has leds that flash in sequence that you can make flash faster or slower with the knob.
8th January 2016 at Union Chapel, London N1 (Çiğdem Aslan gig).
The Tanbour (or Tanbur or Tanboor) is a Kurdish / Iranian 3 string, pear shaped, long necked lute. It dervives from an earlier instrument which has 2 strings.
Tanbours are assigned the number 321.321 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs ), indicating:
3 = Chordophone. Instruments where the sound is primarily produced by the vibration of a string or strings that are stretched between fixed points.
32 = Composite Chordophone. Acoustic and electro acoustic instruments which have a resonator as an integral part of the instrument, and solid body electric chordophones.
321 = Lutes. Instruments where the plane of the strings runs parallel with the resonators surface.
321.3 = Handle Lutes. Instruments in which the string bearer is a plain handle.
321.32 = Necked Lutes. Instrument in which the handle is attached to, or carved from, the resonator, like a neck.
321.321 = Necked Bowl Lutes. Instrument with a resonator made from a bowl, either natural or carved.
23rd April 2018 at the British Museum (room 33), London WC1.
The Dizi is a bamboo Chinese tranverse flute. It differs from the western flute in having a membrane half way between the mouth piece and the first finger hole. They vary in size and the placement of the holes (6 or 7 finger holes and 2 or 4 end holes).
Dizis are assigned the number 421.121.12 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs ), indicating:
4 = Aerophones. Sound is primarily produced by vibrating air. The instrument itself does not vibrate, and there are no vibrating strings or membranes.
42 = Non-Free Aerophones. The vibrating air is contained within the instrument.
421 = Edge-Blown Flutes. A narrow stream of air is directed against an edge.
421.1 = Flutes without a Duct. The player makes a ribbon-shaped flow of air with his lips.
421.12 = Side-Blown Flutes. The player blows against the sharp rim of a hole in the side of the tube.
421.121 = Single Side-Blown Flutes.
421.121.1 = Open Side-Blown Flutes.
421.121.12 = With Fingerholes
Here is a a small detail of my viola. It really is quite a treat to play such a good instrument. It should be as I certainly paid enough for it!
Sticks is his nickname -- a group of senior citizens he plays for dubbed him thus. He has just a hint of a grin here...as if to tease his audience just a bit.
Williams College Department of Music. Donated by Telford Taylor, Class of 1928, in memory of his father, John Bellamy Taylor (1875-1963), who had collected the instruments.
FAIRBURN, GA - April 14: The Georgia Renaissance Festival
Spice Traders Music - Justin Williams and his wife, Meghan.
©Danielle Boise/Target Audience Magazine
7th August 2016 at Horniman Museum, London SE23.
The Theorbo is a Bass Lute developed during the late 16th century in Italy. It has a distinctive long neck extension carrying additional bass strings. This was because before the invention of wire-wound strings, increasing the length was the only way to obtain a clear and sustained sound from low bass strings. The primary strings are generally between about 70 and 90 cm long, and the extended basses ones from 150 to 180 cm. Different versions of the instrument have different number of strings (many between 16 and 20), and often the primary strings are in double courses.
This instrument was made around 1650 by Cristoforo Choc in Venice, Italy.
Theorbos are assigned the number 321.321 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs ), indicating:
3 = Chordophone. Instruments where the sound is primarily produced by the vibration of a string or strings that are stretched between fixed points.
32 = Composite Chordophone. Acoustic and electro acoustic instruments which have a resonator as an integral part of the instrument, and solid body electric chordophones.
321 = Lutes. Instruments where the plane of the strings runs parallel with the resonators surface.
321.3 = Handle Lutes. Instruments in which the string bearer is a plain handle.
321.32 = Necked Lutes. Instrument in which the handle is attached to, or carved from, the resonator, like a neck.
321.321 = Necked Bowl Lutes. Instrument with a resonator made from a bowl, either natural or carved.
15th October 2020 at Horniman Museum, London SE23.
The Native American Rasp is a notched wooden stick that make sounds when another stick is scraped against the notches.
This instrument was made by the Hopi people of Santa Fe, New Mexico around 1980. It has a gourd resonnator.
Native American Rasps are assigned the number 112.21 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs ), indicating:
1 = Idiophones. Sound is primarily produced by the actual body of the instrument vibrating, rather than a string, membrane, or column of air.
11 = Struck Idiophones. These idiophones are set in vibration by being struck.
112 = Indirectly Struck Idiophones. The player himself does not go through the movement of striking; percussion results indirectly through some other movement by the player.
112.2 = Scraped Idiophones.The player causes a scraping movement directly or indirectly; a non-sonorous object moves along the notched surface of a sonorous object, to be alternately lifted off the teeth and flicked against them; or an elastic sonorous object moves along the surface of a notched non-sonorous object to cause a series of impacts.
112.21 = Scraped sticks.
30th January 2018 at the Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments, St Cecilia’s Hall, Edinburgh.
The Border Pipes (or Pipe), sometimes called a Lowland or Half Long Pipes, was common in the 18th century but only rediscovered in the years since the 1970s. It has a conical bore chanter (like the Great Highland Bagpipes) and three cylindrical bore drones (which are in a common stock). Rather than the bag being inflated by mouth, there is a bellows under the arm of the piper. The Border Pipes is similar in appearance to the Scottish Small Pipes, but the latter have a cylindrical bore and are quieter (typically by an octave).
This instrument was made around 1840 by George Walker in Edinburgh.
Border Pipes are assigned the number 422.112-62 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs ), indicating:
4 = Aerophones. Sound is primarily produced by vibrating air. The instrument itself does not vibrate, and there are no vibrating strings or membranes.
42 = Non-free aerophones. The vibrating air is contained within the instrument.
422 = Reed Instruments. The player's breath is directed against a lamella or pair of lamellae which periodically interrupt the airflow and cause the air to be set in motion.
422.1 = Double reed instruments or 7s. There are two lamellae which beat against one another.
422.11 = Single Oboes [as opposed to sets of Oboes].
422.112 = With conical bore.
422.112-62 = With Flexible Air Reservoir.
I had a difficult time finding blue analine dye, and the stuff I found came in powder form. I mixed it just like the instructions said (water just below boiling, etc.), but it did not want to fully dissolve, and when I apply the dye I end up getting a white crystaline residue...
7th August 2016 at Horniman Museum, London SE23.
The Octave Clavichord in a small, portable version of the Clavichord. It is sounded at octave pitch which enables the small size.
This instrument was made in first half of the 17th century, and has been attributed to Johann Christoph Leo of Augsburg, Germany. It is Triple-fretted. With a fretted Clavichord many same strings the same one can produce more than a single notes by making the tangents strike at different distances along from the bridge.
To compare the size of this Octave Clavichord with the regular Clavichord, see this photo (www.flickr.com/photos/kmlivemusic/50074591021/). The Octave instrument is in the top right of the photo.
Clavichords are assigned the number 314.122-4-8 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs ), indicating:
3 = Chordophone. Instruments where the sound is primarily produced by the vibration of a string or strings that are stretched between fixed points.
31 = Simple Chordophones. Instruments which are in essence simply a string or strings and a string bearer
314 = Board Zither. Instrument uses a string bearer that is shaped like a board, or is the ground.
314.1 = Instrument with strings parallel to the string bearer.
314.12 = Instrument has a resonator.
314.122 = Box Zither. Instrument has a resonator made from slats.
314.122-4-8 = Strings are caused to vibrate by a keyboard and hammers.