Musical words

Musical instruments, or concepts closely related to music. While you can use saucepan lids as a musical instrument, you won't find them in this category.

Cis forChorus

A chorus, also called a choir, is a group of people singing together.

Cis forClarinet

Clarinets are a family of single reed woodwind instruments. While there are many different types of clarinet, by far the most common is the soprano. Unlike the oboe, the clarinet has a cylindrical hole in its center.

Cis forConcert

A concert is a public performance of music, usually by a band or some other group of musicians. Some concerts will have many hundreds of people in the audience.
A conductor is someone who directs an orchestra or other group of musicians or singers by gestures, usually by waving their hands in a special way, or waving a small stick called a baton.

Cis forCymbal

Cymbals are a modern percussion instrument. They are found on every modern drum kit, and you can clearly hear them in rock and pop music made any time in the last 50 years. Cymbals are made from thin pieces of metal shaped like a flattened cone. You can either hit two cymbals together to make a noise, or you can hit them with a drumstick.
A didgeridoo is a kind of wind instrument used by Australian Aboriginals. It is made from a piece of wood that has been hollowed out by termites.

Dis forDrum

A drum is a percussion instrument, which means you hit it to make music. Drums are usually made from a round shell with a skin stretched tight over the top. How low or high the sound the drum makes depends on the size of the shell and how tight the skin is stretched. A drum kit is a group of drums of different sizes put near each other so one person can play them at once.

Dis forDuet

Two people singing or playing musical instruments together is called a duet.
An electric guitar is similar to an acoustic guitar but instead of having a hollow wooden box under the strings to make it sound louder, there is an electronic device that needs to be plugged into an amplifier so you can hear the guitar. Electric guitars are used in almost all modern pop and rock music. Unlike acoustic guitars and most other instruments, electric guitars don't just have one sound - they can be changed to have almost any sound you want, which is part of the reason they are so popular.
A fiddle is a common name given to a violin, particularly a cheaper violin.