The ABCs of Musical Instruments Kim Treat

Accordion An accordion is an instrument that is held in front of the body and is played by keys and bellows.

Bagpipes Bagpipes are a musical wind instrument with a bag and pipes. When we think of bagpipes, we think of the country of Scotland.

Clarinet A clarinet is a musical instrument shaped like a long tube that is played by blowing air through a reed at the top.

Drum A drum is a round instrument, that has skins stretched over the open ends.When beaten, it gives a loud booming or rattling sound.

Euphonium An euphonium is a large wind instrument that makes deep sounds when air is blown into the mouthpiece.

Flute A flute is a musical instrument shaped like a tube, with finger holes that make different sounds when air is blown through a hole at one end.

Guitar A guitar is a musical instrument with six strings and a body that makes sound when the strings are strummed.

Harp A harp is a large instrument with strings stretched across a triangular frame. Sound is made when the strings are played with the fingers.

Instruments An instrument is a machine for making musical sounds.

Jingle Bells Jingle bells are musical instruments used to make a clinking or tinkling sound.

Keyboard An electronic keyboard is a musical instrument used to make different sounds by striking keys.

Lute A lute is an old-time string instrument, much like a guitar.

Mandolin A mandolin is a musical instrument with a pear-shaped body and a set of strings, much like a guitar.

Nyckelharpa A nyckelharpa is a musical instrument that has been played in Sweden for over 600 years. It has 16 strings that are played with a bow.

Oboe An oboe is a musical instrument shaped like a tube and played by blowing air into a double-reed mouthpiece.

Piano A piano is a musical instrument that makes sounds when the keys are pressed, causing little mallets to strike strings inside the body.

Quena Flute A quena flute is a musical instrument shaped like a tube with six finger holes and a notch in the top to blow into.

Rain Sticks Rain sticks are musical instruments that are usually made from bamboo or cactus sticks with beads inside to create the sound of falling rain.

Saxophone A saxophone is a large musical instrument with a curved tubular shape. Sound is made by blowing into the mouthpiece at the top.

Trumpet A trumpet is a metal wind instrument with three valves for making different sounds.

Ukulele A ukulele is a musical instrument that looks like a small four- stringed guitar, popular in Hawaii.

Violin A stringed musical instrument held under the chin and played with a bow

Windchimes Windchimes are musical instruments that make sounds when the wind blows metal or wooden tubes.

Xylophone A musical instrument made out of wooden or metal bars that make sound when hit with mallets.

Yueqin A yueqin is a Chinese musical instrument much like a guitar, with two strings and a round box which produces sound.

Zither A zither is a harp like musical instrument that is laid flat to play.