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Back in the day, [[Microsoft]] made a CD-ROM showcasing the [[musical instrument]]s of the world. | Back in the day, [[Microsoft]] made a CD-ROM showcasing the [[musical instrument]]s of the world. | ||
==Instruments== | ==Instruments== | ||
| − | Not all of the world's instruments were featured, among those the [[cajón]], [[bağlama]], [[guzheng]], [[handpan]], [[Stylophone]], [[Mellotron]], and [[TR-808]]. Not only did the game order instruments alphabetically, but | + | Not all of the world's instruments were featured, among those the [[cajón]], [[bağlama]], [[guzheng]], [[handpan]], [[Stylophone]], [[Mellotron]], and [[TR-808]]. Not only did the game order instruments alphabetically, but it also sorted them based on classification, as well as geographic location. |
===Brass=== | ===Brass=== | ||
====Horns==== | ====Horns==== | ||
Revision as of 01:12, 18 March 2024
Back in the day, Microsoft made a CD-ROM showcasing the musical instruments of the world.
Instruments
Not all of the world's instruments were featured, among those the cajón, bağlama, guzheng, handpan, Stylophone, Mellotron, and TR-808. Not only did the game order instruments alphabetically, but it also sorted them based on classification, as well as geographic location.
Brass
Horns
- French horn
- Natural horn
- Kangling
- Side-blown kudu horn
- Shofar
- Wagner tuba
Trumpets
Trombones
Cornets
Tubas
String
Harps
Lutes
Electric guitars
Bass guitars
- Bass guitar
- Fretless bass guitar
- Steinberger bass guitar
Acoustic guitars
- Two classical guitars (including an example possibly made by Antonio de Torres Jurado)
- Twelve-string guitar
- Steel-string acoustic guitar
- Resonator guitar
Zithers
- Concert zither
- Kantele
- Koto
- Veena, specifically rudra veena
- Cimbalom
- Valiha
- Guqin
- Appalachian dulcimer
- Hammered dulcimer
Cellos
- Cello
- Double bass
- Bass viol
Violins
Woodwind
Saxophones
Recorders
Bassoons
Clarinets
Flutes
Oboes
Accordions
Harmonicas
Bagpipes
Keyboards
Harpsichords
Pianos
Organs
Synthesizers
Percussion
Kettledrums
Rattles
- Maracas
- Shekere
- Sleigh bells
- Turkish crescent
- Senasel, an Ethiopian sistrum used in Orthodox liturgical music
- Angklung
Frame drums
- Tambourine
- Indigenous rattle
- Indigenous frame drum
Gongs
Xylophones
Clappers
Drums
- Steelpan
- Ō-daiko, a type of taiko
- Mridangam
- Kotsuzumi
- Congas
- Ghatam
- Timbales
- Bongos
- Talking drum
- Atumpan
- Djembe
- Darbuka
- Cuíca
- Kendang
Jaw harps
Woodblocks
- Woodblock
- Two-tone woodblock
- Wooden fish or muyu, descendants of temple blocks
- Kulkul, a Balinese slit drum
Cymbals
Scrapers
Chimes
- Tubular bells
- Orugoru, Japanese standing bells
- Triangle
- Kùgē, metal bells of the Hausa
- Handbell