“A musician plucks and strums the strings of her electric guitar.”

Musical Instruments:

  • Accordion: a portable wind instrument with a keyboard and bellows that is played by compressing and expanding the bellows while pressing the keys to produce sounds.
  • Bagpipes: a wind instrument with a bag that holds air, which is played by blowing into a pipe that has finger holes, producing a range of notes.
  • Bass guitar: a stringed instrument that is similar to a guitar but has a longer neck and a lower range of notes, typically used to provide a bass line in music.
  • Bongos: a pair of small, handheld drums that are played with the fingers and typically used in Latin American music.
  • Cello: a stringed instrument with a four-stringed body that is played with a bow and held between the player’s knees.
  • Clarinet: a woodwind instrument with a single reed mouthpiece, a cylindrical tube, and finger holes or keys that are used to produce a range of notes.
  • Drum set: a collection of percussion instruments that includes a bass drum, snare drum, and various cymbals, often used in rock and pop music.
  • Flute: a woodwind instrument that is played by blowing across a hole in the side of a tube, producing a range of notes.
  • Guitar: a stringed instrument with a flat back and a fretted neck, typically played with the fingers or a pick.
  • Harmonica: a small, handheld wind instrument with a series of metal reeds and a mouthpiece that is played by blowing and drawing air through the instrument.
  • Keyboard: an electronic instrument with a keyboard that produces a range of sounds, including piano, organ, and synthesizer tones.
  • Oboe: a woodwind instrument with a double reed mouthpiece and a conical tube that produces a range of notes.
  • Piano: a large keyboard instrument with a range of notes produced by strings struck by hammers inside the body of the instrument.
  • Saxophone: a woodwind instrument with a single reed mouthpiece, a conical tube, and finger keys that produce a range of notes.
  • Triangle: a percussion instrument consisting of a small metal bar bent into a triangular shape that is struck with a metal beater to produce a ringing sound.
  • Trumpet: a brass instrument with a flared bell and three valves that are used to produce a range of notes.
  • Ukulele: a small, four-stringed instrument that is similar to a guitar and typically played with the fingers.
  • Violin: a stringed instrument with a four-stringed body that is played with a bow, typically held under the chin of the player.
  • Xylophone: a percussion instrument with a series of wooden bars of different lengths that are struck with mallets to produce a range of notes.

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Her 10-year-old daughter handwrote a song, so she posted it to TikTok. Musicians from across the country brought the melody to life.

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