Play Music.org -- Information about instruments, arranged by families:  strings, percussion, woodwinds & brass, plus composers and jukebox

- Search for instruments; includes sound files and photographs

Energy in the Air: Sounds from the Orchestra:  (Thinkquest, Jr.) - Click on each instrument to see a picture and read a brief history of the instrument.  Includes lists of music

 

Yahoo! Directory   Music > Instruments

Instruments and Instrument Makers

            Strings  ***   Winds & Brass   ***  Keyboard   ***      Percussion
 

History behind musical instruments

Download files so you can hear the instruments
 
 

           Strings

• Violin
• Viola
• Cello
• String Bass

            Woodwinds

• FluteHistory.com  
• Flute - history and links
• Clarinet
• "Everything you want to know about the clarinet"
• Oboe
• Oboe History
• Oboe and English Horn
• Double-Reeds
• Bassoon - orchestral music

Brass

• Trumpet History
• History of the Trumpet
• Trombone- history
• History of the Trombone
• French Horn
• Brief History of the French Horn
• The Tuba

 Keyboards

• Grand Piano
• Harpsichord- UK

Percussion

• Drums & Percussion
• History of Percussion
• Percussion information, listen to how some drums sound

Other Instruments

• Guitar History
• Steel Guitar
• Electric Guitar
• Harmonica
• Accordian

Metropolitan Museum of Art:  Musical Instrument Collection  (nice photographs and descriptions)

 

Updated 28 May 2008

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