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Orpharion The orpharion is a delicate instrument, which seems like a combination of a cittern and a lute: the tuning of the lute and the metal ('wire') strings of the cittern. In fact it is a later version (and about 3/4 size) of a bandora (see under). A Fox Instruments bassoon. Hne (Burma) Quadruple reed. Pi (Thailand) Shehnai (India) Sralai (Cambodia) Last edited on 20 October 2020, at 03:04. Content is available under CC BY-SA 3.0 unless otherwise noted. This page was last edited on 20.
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The source used for some of these names is Terminorum musicae index septem linguis redactus (Polyglot dictionary of musical terms). Budapest: Akadémaia Kiadó ; Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1978. ISBN 9630512769, 3761805535 and Instrument names in other languages from Dolmetsch online
Thanks to Marco Adorna for assistance with the Italian terminology and Jean-Baptiste Mazon for help with the French terminology
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Wind instruments | |||||
Woodwind instruments | |||||
English | French | German | Italian | Russian | Spanish |
wind instruments | instruments à vent | Blasinstrumenten | strumenti a fiato | dukhovye instrumenty | instrumentos de viento |
woodwind instruments | les bois; instruments à vent en bois | Holzblasinstrumente | legno | dereviannye dukhovye instrumenty | instrumentos de madera |
reeds | anches | trosti | |||
double reeds | anches doubles | double reeds | |||
flute see also When is a flute not a flute | flûte; grande flûte; flûte traversière | Flöte; Querflöte | flauto | fleita | flauta |
oboe | hautbois | Oboe | oboe | goboi | oboe |
clarinet | clarinette | Klarinette | clarinetto | klarnet | clarinete |
bass clarinet | clarinette basse | Bassklarinette | clarinetto basso | bass-klarnet | clarinete bajo |
bassoon | basson | Fagott | fagotto | fagot | fagot(e) |
English horn | cor anglais | Englischhorn | corno inglese | angliiskii rozhok | corno/cuerno inglés |
recorder see also When is a flute not a flute | flûte à bec; flûte douce/droite | Blockflöte | flauto dolce/ dritto/a becco | blokfleita | flauta recta/ dulce/de pico |
saxophone | saxophone | Saxophon | sassofono; saxofono | saksofon | saxofón; saxofóno |
piccolo | piccolo; flûte piccolo; petite flûte | Pikkoloflöte; Piccolo; kleine Flöte | ottavino; flauto piccolo | pikkolo; malaia fleita; fleita pikkolo | flautín; ottavino |
oboe d'amore | hautbois d'amore; hautbois d'amour | Liebesoboe | oboe d'amore | goboi d'amur | oboe de amor |
Brass instruments | |||||
English | French | German | Italian | Russian | Spanish |
brass instruments | instruments à vent de cuivre; cuivres | Blechblasinstrumente | ottone | mednye dukhovye instrumenty | instrumentos de metal/ cobre; instrumentos de viento-metal; metales |
horn | cor | Horn | corno | Gorn; rog; rozhok Also valtorna, which is natural or hunting horn, also used for 'French' horn | corno; corno francés; trompa (da pistones); cuerno |
natural horn | cor simple | Waldhorn | corno naturale | valtorna | trompa natural |
trumpet | trompette | Trompete | tromba; clarino | truba | trompeta |
cornet | cornet (à pistons) | Kornett | cornetta | kornet | corneta |
flugelhorn | Flügelhorn | flicorno | fliugel'gorn | fliscorno | |
trombone | trombone | Posaune | trombone | trombon | trombón |
bass trombone | basse-trombone; trombone basse | Bass Posaune | trombono basso | bas trombon | trombón bajo |
tuba | tuba | Tuba | tuba | tuba | tuba |
baritone | baryton; bariton | Bariton | baritono | bariton | barítono |
euphonium | euphonium | Euphonium | eufonio | evfonium | euphonium |
Stringed instruments | |||||
English | French | German | Italian | Russian | Spanish |
string instruments | instrument à cordes; instrument à cordes frottées | Saiteninstrumente | strumenti a corda; strumenti archi | strunnye instrumenty | instrumentos de cuerdas |
strings | cordes | Streicher | archi | struny | cuerdas |
violin | violon | Violine; Geige | violino | skripka | violín |
viola | alto | Viola; Viole; Bratsche | viola | viola | viola |
violoncello | violoncelle | Violoncello; Cello | violoncello | violonchel' | violoncelo; cello; violonchelo |
double bass; string bass | contrebasse | Kontrabass | contrabasso | kontrabas | contrabajo |
viola da gamba | viole de gambe; viola da gamba | Viola da gamba; Gambe | viola da gamba | viola da gamba; gamba | viola de gamba; viola da gamba |
viola d'amore | viole d'amour | Viola d'amore; Liebesgeige | viola d'amore | viola d'amur | viola d'amore |
Plucked instruments | |||||
English | French | German | Italian | Russian | Spanish |
plucked instruments | instruments à cordes pincées | Zupfinstrumente | strumenti a pizzico | shchipkovye instrumenty | instrumentos punteados |
cimbalom | cymbalum | Zymbal | |||
guitar | guitare | Gitarre | chitarra | gitara | guitarra |
harp | harpe | Harfe | arpa | arfa | arpa |
lute | luth | Laute | liuto | liutnia | laúd |
mandolin | mandoline | Mandoline | mandolino | mandolina | mandolina |
zither | cithare | Zither | cetra da tavolo | tsitra | cítara |
Keyboard instruments | |||||
English | French | German | Italian | Russian | Spanish |
keyboard instrument | instrument à clavier | Tasteninstrumente | strumenti a tastiera | klavishnyi instrument | instrumentos de tecla |
accordion | accordéon | Akkordeon | fisarmonica | akkordeon | acordeón |
bayan | Bajan | bayan, fisarmonica bayan | baian | ||
celesta | célesta | Celesta | celesta | chelesta | celesta |
clavichord | clavicorde | Clavichord; Klavichord | clavicordo | klavikord | clavicordio |
continuo; thorough-bass | basse continue | Generalbass; Basso continuo | basso continuo | basso kontinuo; general-bas | bajo continuo |
harpsichord | clavecin | Cembalo; Clavicembalo | clavicembalo | klavesin; chembalo | clavecémbalo; clavecín; clavicímbalo |
organ | orgue | Orgel | organo | organ | órgano |
piano | piano | Piano; Klavier | piano | fortep'iano | piano |
Percussion instruments | |||||
English | French | German | Italian | Russian | Spanish |
percussion instruments | instruments à percussion | Schlaginstrumente; Perkussionsinstrumente | strumenti a percussione | udarnye instrumenty | instrumentos de percusión |
bass drum | grosse caisse | Grosse Trommel | cassa; grancassa; gran cassa | bol'shoi baraban | bombo |
castenets | castagnettes | Kastagnetten | castagnette | kastan'ety | castañuelas |
cowbells | cloches à vache | caubel | |||
cymbals | cymbales | Becken | piatti | tarelki | cimbalos |
drum | tambour | Trommel | tamburo | baraban | tambor |
glockenspiel | glockenspiel; jeu de timbres | Glockenspiel | glockenspiel; metallofono; campanelli | kolokol'chiki | campanólogo; juego de timbres/órgano de campanas |
marimba | marimba | Marimbaphon | marimba | marimba | marimba |
rattle | crécelle | Ratsche, Knarre, Schnarre | raganella | treshchotka | carraca, matraca |
snare drum | caisse claire | Leinentrommel | tamburo rullante; tamburo militare; rullante | frantsuzskii baraban | tambor afinable/con tensores |
tenor drum | caisse roulante | Rührtrommel; Wirbeltrommel; Tenortrommel | cassa rullante; tamburino | tsilindricheskii baraban | redoblante |
tambourine | tambourin | Tamburin | tamburello | buben | pandereta |
timpani | timbales | Pauken | timpano | litavra | timbal |
tubular bells | cloches tubulaires | Rohrenglocke | campane tubolari | trubchatye kolokola | campanas tubulares |
xylophone | xylophone | Xylophon | xilofono | ksilofon | xilofón; xilofóno |
Electronic instruments | |||||
English | French | German | Italian | Russian | Spanish |
electronic instruments | electronnye instrumenty | ||||
computer | ordinateur | Computerklänge | kompiuter | ||
ondes martenot | ondes martenot | ||||
synthesizer | synthétiseur | sintetizzatore | sintezator | ||
tape | bande | Tonbande; Zuspielband | nastro | magnitofonnaia lenta | banda |
Other instruments | |||||
English | French | German | Italian | Russian | Spanish |
dulcimer (hammered) | Hackbrett | salterio | tsimbaly | dulcema | |
harmonica | harmonica | Mundharmonika | gubnaia garmoshika | ||
Instrumental ensembles | |||||
English | French | German | Italian | Russian | Spanish |
instrumental ensembles | ensembles instrumentaux | ||||
band | orchestre d'instruments à vent; orchestre à vent; harmonie de concert; harmonie; orchestre d'harmonie | Blasorchester | orchestra di strumenti a fiato | dukhovoi orkestr | orquesta de vientos |
brass band | fanfare | ||||
chamber orchestra | orchestre de chambre | Kammerorchester | orchestra da camera | kamernyi orkestr | orquesta de cámara |
string orchestra | orchestre à cordes | Streichorchester | orchestra d'archi | strunnyi orkestr | orquesta de cuerdas |
orchestra | orchestre | Orchester | orchestra | orkestr | orquesta |
Voices | |||||
English | French | German | Italian | Russian | Spanish |
voice | voix | Stimme | voce | golos | voz |
soprano | soprano, dessus | Sopran | soprano | soprano | soprano |
male alto/low soprano | bas-dessus | ||||
mezzo soprano | mezzo-soprano | Mezzosopran | mezzosoprano | metstsosoprano/ metso-soprano | mezzo-soprano |
alto; contralto | alto; contralto | Alt | contralto | al't; kontral'to | contralto |
tenor | ténor, taille | Tenor | tenore | tenor | tenor |
baritone | baryton; bariton | Bariton | baritono | bariton | barítono |
bass baritone | basse taille | ||||
bass | basse | Bass | basso | bas | bajo |
counter tenor | contre-ténor; haute-contre | Contratenor | controtenore | kontratenor | contratenor |
high voice | haut | hohe | acuto | vysokaia | agudo |
medium voice | médium; moyen | mittlere | medio | sredniaia | medio |
low voice | grave | tiefe | grave | nizkaia | grave |
Vocal ensembles | |||||
English | French | German | Italian | Russian | Spanish |
vocal ensembles | ensembles vocaux | ||||
chorus | chœur | Chor | coro | khor | coro |
mixed voices | voix mixtes | Stimmen gemischte | voci miste | smeshannye golosa | voces mixtas |
women's voices | chœur de femmes | Frauenchor; Frauenstimme | coro femminile | zhenskii khor | coro femenino |
men's voices | chœur d'hommes | Männerchor; Männerstimme | coro maschile | muzhskoi khor | coro masculino; choro de hombres |
children's voices | chœur d'enfants | Kinderchor | voci bianche | detskii khor | coro infantil; coro de niños |
equal voices | voix égales | Stimmen gleiche | voci pari | odnorodnye golosa | voces iguales |
Flutes[edit]
- Bansuri (India)
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- Koudi (China)
- Dizi (China)
- Daegeum(Korea)
- Nohkan (Japan)
- Ryūteki (Japan)
- Shinobue (Japan)
- Švilpa (Lithuania)
- Venu ((India))
End-blown[edit]
- Kaval (Anatolian-Turkic, Bulgaria, Macedonia)
- Fyell (Albanian polla)
- Ney (Anatolian-Turkic)
- Danso (Korea)
- Hocchiku (Japan)
- Hun (Korea)
- Palendag (Philippines)
- Panflute (Greece)
- Suling (Indonesia/Philippines)
- Tumpong (Philippines)
- Xiao (China)
- Xun (China)
- Khlui (Thailand)
- Matófono (Argentina/Uruguay)
- Didgeridoo (Australia)
Notched[edit]
- Quena (South America)
- Shakuhachi (Japan)
Internal Duct (fipple)[edit]
- Caval (Romania)
- Diple (or Dvojnice, a double recorder) (Serbia)
- Flageolet (France)
- Fluier (Romania)
- Frula (Serbia, Bosnia & Hercegovina,Croatia)
- Furulya (Hungary)
- Gemshorn (Germany)
- Ocarina (South America, England, China, and various other countries)
- Organ pipe The pipes of the church/chamber organ are actually fipple flutes.
- Recorder (General)
- Tin Whistle (Penny whistle) (Ireland)
- Shvi (Armenia)
- Dilli Kaval (Turkey)
Overblown[edit]
- Fujara (Slovakia)
Single reed[edit]
- Alboka (Basque Country, Spain)
- Arghul (Egypt and other Arabic nations)
- Clarinet
- Sopranino clarinet (including E-flat clarinet)
- Contra-alto clarinet (Eb contrabass clarinet)
- Diplica (Baranya)
- Launeddas (Sardinia)
- Mijwiz (Arabic nations)
- Saxophone
- Tárogató (after 1890)
Two soprano clarinets: a B♭ clarinet (left) and an A clarinet (right, without a mouthpiece). These use the Oehler system of keywork.
Double-reed[edit]
- Balaban (instrument) (Azerbaijan)
- Bassoon
- Biforaers (Sicily)
- Bombardeers (France)
- Cromorne (French baroque, different from the crumhorn)
- Duduk (Armenia)
- Dulzaina (Spain)
- Heckelphone
- Hichiriki (Japan)
- Kèn bầu (Vietnam)
- Mizmar (Arabic nations)
- Oboe
- Cor anglais (i.e. English horn)
Instrument Starting With N
- Piri (Korea)
- Pommer (Europe)
- Rackett (Europe)
- Reed contrabass/Contrabass à anche
- Rhaita (North Africa)
- Sarrusophone (but often played with single reed mouthpiece)
- Shawm (Schalmei)
- Sopilas (Croatia)
- Sornas (Persia)
- Suona (China)
- Surnayers (Iran)
- Taepyeongso (Korea)
- Tárogatós (Hungary; up to about the 18th century)
- Trompeta china (Cuba)
- Zurla (Macedonia)
Capped[edit]
- Bagpipes (see Types of bagpipes)
Instrument Starting With E
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Nine Letter Musical Instrument Starting With H
A Fox Instruments bassoon.
Triple reed[edit]
- Hne (Burma)
Instrument Starting With F
Quadruple reed[edit]
Instrument Starting With N
- Pi (Thailand)
- Shehnai (India)
- Sralai (Cambodia)
Musical Instrument Starting With N
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