Bass (acoustic) - The Acoustic Bass guitar (sometimes shortened to acoustic bass or initialized ABG) is a Bass instrument with a hollow wooden body similar to, though usually larger than, a steel-string Acoustic Guitar. Like the traditional Electric Bass Guitar and the Double Bass, the Acoustic Bass guitar commonly has four strings usually tuned E-A-D-G, an octave below the lowest four strings of the 6-string guitar. Because it can sometimes be difficult to hear an Acoustic Bass guitar without an amplifier, even in settings with other Acoustic Instruments, most Acoustic Basses have pickups, either magnetic or piezoelectric or both, so they can be amplified with a bass amp.
Bass (electric) - The Bass Guitar, also known as the Electric Bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the Guitar family. It is similar in appearance and construction to an Electric Guitar but with a longer neck and scale length. The Electric Bass guitar most commonly has 4-strings, though 5, 6, and 7-stringed models are also built. Since the mid-1950s, the Electric Bass guitar has often replaced the Double Bass in popular music due to its lighter weight, smaller size and easier portability, most models' inclusion of frets for easier intonation, and electromagnetic pickups for amplification.
Bass (stand up) - Acoustic Stand up Bass also known as a Double Bass by Orchestra musicians and favoured by traditional Jazz, Bluegrass and Country musicians. Played with either a Bow String and/or using your Fingers to pluck the strings.
Baglama - A long-necked lute, with a pear shaped body, about 1 meter long. It is one of the most popular musical instruments in Turkey.
Bagpipe - The bagpipe is a woodwind instrument using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag.
Banjo - A string instrument developed by African American musicians. It has a guitar-type neck and can be found with 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 or more strings. The banjo has become very popular in American old time and Bluegrass music. It is also used by Celtic music performers.
Banjolele - A hybrid instrument: Banjo + Ukulele. USA. Also known as a Banjo Ukulele.
Banjolin - A hybrid instrument: Mandolin + Banjo combining a banjo body with the neck and tuning of an 8-String mandolin. It is a soprano banjo, USA.
Bansuri - Bamboo flute. Also spelled bansoori. India.
Bassoon - Double reed conical instrument that appeared in European Baroque music in the late 1600's (both sides shown below). The contrabassoon is pitched one octave lower.
Bassoon (Contra) - The Contrabassoon, also known as the Double Bassoon, is a larger version of the Bassoon, sounding an octave lower. Its technique is similar to its smaller cousin, with a few notable differences.
Batá drums - Batá drums are a set of 3 hourglass-shaped drums from Cuba. They are used in Santería ritual drumming and also in Cuban jazz. The smallest drum is the okónkolo. The medium drum is called itótele. The largest batá drum is the iyá. The Cuban batá tradition derives from the Yoruba drumming tradition.
Bayan - A type of Chromatic Button Accordion developed in the Russian Empire in the early 20th century and named after the 11th-century bard Boyan. Chromatic accordion with a button keyboard. Russia and Belarus.
Bluegrass - Bluegrass Music is a genre of American roots music that developed in the 1940s in the Appalachian region of the United States. Bluegrass features acoustic stringed instruments and emphasizes the off-beat. The off-beat can be "driven" (played close to the previous bass note) or "swung" (played farther from the previous bass note). Notes are anticipated, in contrast to laid-back Blues where notes are behind the beat; this creates the higher energy characteristic of Bluegrass music.
Baritone horn - The Baritone Horn, or often simply the Baritone, is a valved brass instrument pitched in Bb in the saxhorn family, employed chiefly in brass, military and concert bands. The baritone has 3 or sometimes 4 piston valves.
Bodhran - Irish frame drum made out of goat skin, generally played with a double-ended beater or tipper. It is usually 45 cms. (18 inches) and 7.5-10 cms. Deep (4 inches). The rim is usually circular. Also spelled bodhrán.
Bombarde - A small Breton clarinet-like reed instrument with its own distinctive sound.
Bongos - A set of two small drums attached by a thick piece of wood, played while held between the knees. The bongos were developed in Cuba’s Oriente province.
Bugle (brass) - A pitched, valveless brass instrument. The player controls its pitch by changing their mouth shape (embouchure). The Australian military uses bugle calls to signal different times of day, with The Rouse, The Reveille and The Last Post being the most common. The Last Post is also played at army funerals to indicate that a soldier has gone to their final rest.
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