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An instrument is a concrete or abstract tool intended for a purpose other than mechanical work, in particular a refined one.
- Musical instruments are devices designed to produce music, frequently by plucking or striking a string or bell or drum surface, or by forcing air to resonate (see wind instrument).
- Scientific instruments are devices intended to assist in the conduct of science. An example would be the test tubes and other glassware one might find in a chemistry or biology laboratory.
- Measuring instruments are devices used to measure or compare the magnitude of physical properties, such as voltmeters, speedometers, etc.
- Analytical instruments are devices used to measure multiple or complex material properties, such as mass spectrometers.
- Medical instruments are devices for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases, such as stethoscopes.
- Instruments of torture is a term for the means whereby some act of torture is accomplished.
- Legal instruments are documents used to formally document various types of transactions or confirm certain statuses for specific purposes, such as confirming contractual relations, civil status, etc. Examples include wills, writs, court order, contracts, treaties, marriage licenses and driver's licenses.
- Financial instruments are documents used to formally document various types of financial transactions. Examples include loan agreements, bonds, mortgages, stocks and floating charges.
- Negotiable instruments are a class of documents evidencing promises or orders to pay a certain sum of money.
- In statistics, an instrument is an instrumental variable.
- A statutory instrument refers to a regulation or other secondary legislation passed pursuant to authority given by primary legislation.
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@ddockett Get him something you can play/do together. Like musical instruments & u guys can start ur own band or a mini bowling set.
iaagustin (Irene Agustin) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:40:43 -0000
@ddockett Get him something you can play/do together. Like musical instruments & u guys can start ur own band or a mini bowling set.
CONT. >It may also involve singing, vocal imitation of turntablism, the simulation of horns, strings, and other musical instruments
MJJSite (Michael Jackson) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:35:59 -0000
CONT. >It may also involve singing, vocal imitation of turntablism, the simulation of horns, strings, and other musical instruments
Needs a native instruments Maschine right now!!!
Mottive (Yonathan Hailu) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:33:23 -0000
Needs a native instruments Maschine right now!!!
@johncmayer LMFAO! You hit that right on the head. Oh that cheesy karaoke music. Not even real instruments, just midi file
brownie90066 (Bernie Daugherty) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:33:07 -0000
@johncmayer LMFAO! You hit that right on the head. Oh that cheesy karaoke music. Not even real instruments, just midi file
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INSTRUMENTS MJ PLAYED >> 1. VOCALS 2.PIANO 3. DRUMS 4.GUITAR 5._________
MJJSite (Michael Jackson) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:27:22 -0000
INSTRUMENTS MJ PLAYED >> 1. VOCALS 2.PIANO 3. DRUMS 4.GUITAR 5._________
Instruments - A paper titled Peirol's Vielle, instrumental participation in the troubadour repertory by Joel Cohen.
A Loud, Low Cost Cornemuse You Can Build from CPVC - Build a cornemuse in 1.5 hours, from an archived discussion from the Musical Instrument Makers Forum.
Meta Description: [ Build a CPVC Cornemuse: an archived discussion from the Musical Instrument Makers Forum. ]
Ancestral Instruments by David Marshall - Maker of a range of early instruments, including bagpipes, reedpipes, hornpipes, bag hornpipes, small shawms, mediaeval fiddles, rebec, tromba marina and citole.
Meta Description: [ Medieval & Rennaisance Bagpipes, wind instruments, early music, The Troubadours ]
Bate Collection of Musical Instruments - An extensive and systematic collection of European orchestral woodwind instruments donated to the University of Oxford by Philip Bate.
Building a Cornamuse in F (Alto) - Instructions for building an instrument.
Contrabass Compendium - A list of bass and contrabass instruments, past and present.
Culturekiosque Klassiknet: Baroque Instruments - A dictionary to provide the music lover with a reasonable amount of information about period instruments.
Meta Description: [ Guide to Baroque Instruments (in French) ]
Curtal, Dulcian, Bajón: A History of the Precursor to the Bassoon - A book by Maggie Kilbey charting the history and development of the instrument and includes a catalogue of extant instruments around the world.
Meta Description: [ Book, history of the precursor to the Bassoon. Italy-Fagotto. England & Scotland-Curtal. Spain & Latin America-Bajó n. Germany & Northern Europe-Dulcian. France & The Low Countries-Fagot. Includes a catalogue of extant instruments around the world. ]
Diabolus in Musica Guide to Early Instruments - Information on as many early instruments as possible.
Meta Description: [ Guide to early instruments ]
Dulcians - A description of the Dulcian or Curtal, which is the renaissance predecessor of the bassoon.
Early Music Vincent Ho - Early music and instruments, sound files of harpsichords and clavichords, and a table with pictures of the author's early music instruments collection, from medieval psalteries to renaissance recorders.
Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments - A museum in Scotland open to the public contains 1000 items including stringed, woodwind, brass and percussion instruments from Britain, Europe, and distant lands.
Meta Description: [ Welcome and index page for the Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments, a museum open to the public and the largest and most comprehensive collection of musical instruments in Scotland, UK. ]
Historic Double Reed Instruments - Describes shawms, curtals, oboes, and bassoons made by Robert H. Cronin.
Meta Description: [ This site describes shawms, curtals, baroque and classical
bassoons and large baroque oboes made by Robert H. Cronin. ]
Instruments to Play Medieval Music - Pictures of medieval instruments with illustrations from medieval art. Includes audio clips, bibliography and discography in French.
Meta Description: [ presentations d'instruments pour les musiques du moyen age ]
Jeremy West Cornett - Information on the 17th century cornetto, performance with His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts, manufacture of cornetti and other instruments by Christopher Monk Instruments, and instruction at the Royal College of Music in London.
Meta Description: [ Jeremy West, partner in Christopher Monk Instruments - makers of cornett family, His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts ]
Joëlle Morton's Historical Bass - The history of bass string instruments such as the viola da gamba, violone, and double bass, along with their performance practices and iconography.
John's Music Things - Description of medieval singing techniques and the musical instruments he plays.
John's Ophicleide Directory - A photographic and links directory for ophicleide players
Kenneth Sparr - Information about lute, guitar and early keyboards.
Meta Description: [ Kenneth Sparr's Pagea - the Lute and the Guitar ]
Kim Christensen's Music Museum - Private collection of music instruments with pictures, sound samples, history, and functional description.
Lars' Baroque Flute Corner - Information on the Baroque flute, including instrument care and fingering charts.
Links to History of Musical Instruments - Includes links to museums and collections, historical guides, historical sources and facsimiles, societies, individual instruments, and world instruments.
Lute-Harpsichord: A Forgotten Instrument - Bach sought, and had custom-built, a harpsichord which sounded like a lute. Detailed description of history and construction.
Meta Description: [ Bach sought, and had custom-built, a harpsichord which sounded like a lute. Detailed description of history and construction. ]
Mary Rasmussen's Horn and Lute Iconography - Iconography of the horn, lute, pipe and tabor, and tambourine in Western-European Art.
Medieval and Renaissance Instruments - Musica Antiqua's illustrated guide: pictures, descriptions, and history.
Meta Description: [ This is Musica Antiqua's illustrated guide to Medieval and Renaissance Instruments. This contains pictures, descriptions, and the history of the instruments used in playing early music. ]
Musical Instruments Described - Descriptions and pictures of early (i.e. pre-Baroque), non-Western, or obscure musical instruments.
Meta Description: [ Descriptions and pictures of a bunch of musical
instruments. Most of these are early (i.e. pre-Baroque),
non-Western, or obscure, but I've included some that
should be familiar to most readers for comparison, because
the... ]
National Music Museum - Founded as an academic support unit of The University of South Dakota, this collection includes more than 10,000 American, European, and non-Western instruments from virtually all cultures and historical periods.
Meta Description: [ The National Music Museum features world-reknowned collections of musical instruments and related materials in a museum and
research center located on the campus of The University of South Dakota in
Vermillion. ]
Natural Trumpet Resource Page - Resources for those interested in the natural trumpet
Neanderthal Flute - Musicological analysis by Bob Fink of the oldest musical instrument, including it significance to the origin of music.
Owen Morse-Brown - Hand made early stringed instruments.
Meta Description: [ Owen Morse-Brown; instrument maker specialising in early bowed strings ]
Pifarri Page - Wind instrument ensembles in Italy from 1450 to 1620 by Brenda Flynn.
Rebec Page - Origin and history of the rebec, construction, playing, tuning, bibliography, and many illustrations.
Renaissance Cittern Page - Information on its history, articles, art, music, recordings, players, composers, and builders.
Serpent Website - Provides basic information for the interested lay person on all aspects of the instrument, from its early history to the present.
Meta Description: [ Serpent Website, Serpent and ophicleide, Paul ]
Stages in Evolution of Scales, Melody and Harmony - Paper about the stages in the origins of music and its development.
Tapia's Gold - Instruments of the Renaissance - Descriptions of instruments used for dance music during the renaissance, illustrated with period drawings.
The Saxon Lyre - History, construction, and playing techniques.
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Wind Instruments of the Renaissance - Information on wind instruments of the Renaissance.
Meta Description: [ A very infrmational site on Wind Instruments of the Renaissance. ]
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