Z - A Musical Instrument Thread.

[ronnie_the_lizard]

OK Musical instruments, but.....to make it even more exciting.....in reverse alphabetical order !


Zither

[PeterBale]

No joy with "y" unless we can have a Yamaha cornet or Yehudi Menuhin's violin :oops:

[DaveR]

Yang Qin - Chinese hammered dulcimer; (came into China from Persia in the 17th century and now regarded as a Chinese national instrument). :tongue:

DaveR

[ronnie_the_lizard]

OK - It's my thread so I'm bagging "Xylophone"

[Jan H]

Water organ?

[ronnie_the_lizard]

OK - I'll use a broad definition of "Musical instrument" and include.....

Violin

[Jan H]

Ukelele

[ronnie_the_lizard]

Ooooh - T's a difficult one.

Triangle

[tubadaz]

Stretching the definition of "Musical" Instrument even further: :D

Saxophone

[ronnie_the_lizard]

Rattle

[tubadaz]

Qanoun (Arabian 72 string Dulcimer)

[ronnie_the_lizard]

Peruvian Nose Flute (http://themouthpiece.com/vb/showthread.php?p=184459)

[Rebel Tuba]

Organ

[tubadaz]

Northumbrian Smallpipes

[ronnie_the_lizard]

Marimba

[DaveR]

Lute

[jingleram]

Kit (like fiddle)

[HBB]

Jingle Bells?

[jingleram]

Ilimba (vaguely musical percussive thing!!)

[ronnie_the_lizard]

Idiophone

[jingleram]

^ Too slow
Horn

[Tom-King]

guitar (sry if im too slow - my iternet sux)

[DaveR]

Flugel

[ronnie_the_lizard]

English Horn

[Di]

drum

[meandmycornet]

Cornet! :D

[imthemaddude]

Banjo

[Fergus]

accoustic guitar

[tubadaz]

Zampona

[Fergus]

Yellow recorder !!!

[LeDragon]

Xylophone

[Pythagoras]

Wind chimes

[LeDragon]

Viola

[jingleram]

Ukelele

[meandmycornet]

Timpani

[tubadaz]

Sackbut

[jingleram]

Rattle

[tubadaz]

Quitaiplas (Venezualan Percussion Instrument, apparently!!!:p)

[jingleram]

Panpipes

[Magic Flute]

Oboe

[tubadaz]

Nai (Romanian Pan Pipes)

[Neil Glynn]

marimba

[meandmycornet]

lyre

[Magic Flute]

Kettle Drums

[tubadaz]

Jaw's Harp

[Neil Glynn]

Indian Bells

[jingleram]

Hand-clappers

[Magic Flute]

Guiro

[Maestro]

Flagolet

[Magic Flute]

Euphonium

[Neil Glynn]

dulcimer

[tubadaz]

Concertina

[Di]

bongos

[tubadaz]

Autoharp

[Neil Glynn]

Zither

[ronnie_the_lizard]

Yamaha Maestro EEb Bass Tuba

[Neil Glynn]

Xylorimba (before you ask.....no, I've not made that one up)

[ronnie_the_lizard]

wind machine

[PeterBale]

xylorimba

[Magic Flute]

wind machine

Violin

[ronnie_the_lizard]

Upright Piano (something tells me Mr Bale hasn't got the hang of "Z-A" yet.....)

[Magic Flute]

Trombone

[ronnie_the_lizard]

Serpent

[Magic Flute]

Recorder

[ronnie_the_lizard]

Quintposaune (a sort of Bass Trom in Eb !)

[PeterBale]

Pan-pipes
(sorry, not been in "thread games" for a while and forgot this one was cack-handed :oops: )

[ronnie_the_lizard]

Ocarina

[tubadaz]

Nyckelharpa (Scandinavian Keyed Fiddle!!)

[Maestro]

Marimba

[Magic Flute]

Maracas - oh, too slow!

Lute

[tubadaz]

Kettledrums

[imthemaddude]

lute

[Craigsav83]

another kettledrum...

[HBB]

jingle bells!

[ronnie_the_lizard]

Iron castanet

[jingleram]

Hunting Horn

[Brian Kelly]

Gong

[ronnie_the_lizard]

Fagott

[PeterBale]

English horn (am.)

[ronnie_the_lizard]

Drum

[PeterBale]

Chains

[jingleram]

Bass

[ronnie_the_lizard]

ballad horn - damn too slow.


aeolian harp

[PeterBale]

zampogna - Italian bagpipe

[ronnie_the_lizard]

Yunque (Flamenco Anvil)

[Magic Flute]

Xtremely out of tune brass?;) :oops:

[PeterBale]

Water gong

[jingleram]

Xtremely out of tune brass?;) :oops:

No that goes under H for Horn.

Anyway,

Viol

[ronnie_the_lizard]

Ukeke (Hawaian Bow)

[jingleram]

Timpani

[ronnie_the_lizard]

Sopranino saxophone

[jingleram]

Repiano Cornet (realise it's not strictly an instrument)

[ronnie_the_lizard]

quartposaune (A Bass Trombone in F)

[jingleram]

Pipe Organ

[Magic Flute]

Ocarina

[ronnie_the_lizard]

Nail Violin

[HorniKaz]

Marracas!!

(1st time someone hasn't put Marimba!!)

[Charmed]

Loure

[PeterBale]

Klaxon

[Charmed]

Japanese Fiddle (One-stringed instrument played by street performers)

[jingleram]

Irish Fiddle

[ronnie_the_lizard]

Harp

[jingleram]

G Trombone

[ronnie_the_lizard]

Fife

[jingleram]

Euphonium!!!

[jingleram]

Have been waiting a long long time for ^that^ one!!!

[ronnie_the_lizard]

Descant Recorder

[jingleram]

Cors Anglais

[ronnie_the_lizard]

Bassoon

[tubadaz]

Accordion

[ronnie_the_lizard]

zambomba - spanish rhythm instrument used at festivals

[Magic Flute]

Yamaha Flute

[jingleram]

SaXophone

[Magic Flute]

Windchimes

[jingleram]

Viola

[Magic Flute]

Ukelele

[jingleram]

Tambourine

[Magic Flute]

Saxophone

[jingleram]

Ride Cymbal

[ronnie_the_lizard]

Quijada - A salsa rhythm instrument made from the jawbones of a donkey and played by striking the teeth together ! (If you don't believe me see here (http://www.justsalsa.com/salsa/music/instruments/quijada/) !)

[Marlon Bando]

Peruvian Nose flute:)

[ronnie_the_lizard]

Ophicleide

(p.s. Marlon, I've already had the Peruvian Nose Flute in this thread and repetition is strongly discouraged - but we'll let you off just this once since you're a newcomer ;) :cool: Welcome !)

[tinytimp]

Neo-Bechstein Piano

[Craigsav83]

maracas

[Magic Flute]

lyre

[ronnie_the_lizard]

Klaxon (sort of like a single note Bass Trombone, only more discrete?)

[Magic Flute]

Jingle Stick

[Neil Glynn]

Idiophone

[Di]

harmonica

[Neil Glynn]

gong

[Magic Flute]

Flute

[Craigsav83]

euphonium

[LeDragon]

Drum

[Neil Glynn]

Celeste

[LeDragon]

Baritone

[ronnie_the_lizard]

'Armonica

[Di]

Thats cheating. ;) Hehe, two can play that game.

Zauberflote (the magic flute) :)

[Magic Flute]

Zauberflote (the magic flute) :)

Well, as 'Magic Flute,' I'll put the next one!

... Yamaha Keyboard:)

[ronnie_the_lizard]

xocalho

Brazilian percussion instrument

[andyp]

wobble-board.



"can you tell what it is yet?"

[Magic Flute]

Vibraphone

[ronnie_the_lizard]

Udu
The udu is a vessel drum originally from the Igbo people of Nigeria. Traditionally it was a water jug with another hole in the side, played by women for ceremonial music. The udu has become a very popular instrument in the West, and can be heard at least once a week on a television or movie soundtrack

[DaveR]

Trombone

[ronnie_the_lizard]

Slide-trombone ;)

[jingleram]

Rainshaker

[Vickitorious]

Sitar

[PeterBale]

Racket

[tubadaz]

Quenacho - large shepherd's flute, carved from bone

[Vickitorious]

Piano!!! Took me ages to come up with that!! oh dear!

[tubadaz]

Ovcharska svirka - Bulgarian shepherd's pipe

[ronnie_the_lizard]

Nyckelharpa (http://www.nyckelharpa.com/)

Swedish folk instrument. (http://www.nyckelharpa.com/)

[tubadaz]

Mandocello

[ronnie_the_lizard]

Lyre

[DaveR]

Kazzoo

[tubadaz]

Jouhikko - bowed lyre of Finland

[ronnie_the_lizard]

Ichigenkin

A japanese one-stringed zither

[Magic Flute]

Handbells

[tubadaz]

Guiro

[ronnie_the_lizard]

Ffidl

( a Welsh violin)

[Charmed]

Emicon

(Electric instrument invented in USA)

[ronnie_the_lizard]

Double bee flat bass

[Power Tooba]

E Flat Bass

[ronnie_the_lizard]

[cough-splutter] reverse alphabetical order [/cough-splutter]

Drum

[Neil Glynn]

Cor Anglais

[ronnie_the_lizard]

BBb Bass

[tubadaz]

Autoharp

[Magic Flute]

Zither

[tubadaz]

Yang Qin - Chinese hammered dulcimer

[imthemaddude]

xylophone

[Power Tooba]

[cough-splutter] reverse alphabetical order [/cough-splutter]

Oops - Getting The idea now!

Wash Board

[ronnie_the_lizard]

Violin

(..........It's a sort of percussion instrument that makes a
twanging noise as you hit it with a hammer ;) )

[DaveR]

ukelele

[Magic Flute]

Tuba

[PeterBale]

sarrusophone

[Neil Glynn]

Rackett

[Donkey Horn]

Querflote

(The "O" should have two dots above but no idea how to do that)

[tubadaz]

Piccolo

[Neil Glynn]

Ophecleide

[ronnie_the_lizard]

Nőseflúte ;)

[tubadaz]

Metallophone

[ronnie_the_lizard]

Lute

[Magic Flute]

KleineFlote

[ronnie_the_lizard]

Jew's Harp

[Magic Flute]

Indian Bells

[ronnie_the_lizard]

Hawaian steel guitar

[Magic Flute]

Guiro
Post 800!:bounce

[ronnie_the_lizard]

French Horn
(another percussion instrument, like violin above, only this one klangs when you hit it)
[although it probably does it at the wrong pitch and with a split at the beginning]

[tubadaz]

Egg Shaker

[Magic Flute]

Djembe

[tubadaz]

Cabasa

[Magic Flute]

Balalaika

[tubadaz]

Angklung - Indonesian Bamboo Bells

[Magic Flute]

Zauberflote ;) :oops:

[tubadaz]

Yue Qin - Chinese guitar, circular body, 4 strings.

[Magic Flute]

xylophone

[HBB]

Wagner Tuba

[BOB_]

violincello

[tubadaz]

Uilleann Pipes

[groovy]

trombone!!

[tubadaz]

Sousaphone

[Magic Flute]

Rebab

[tubadaz]

Qanoun - Arabic dulcimer

[Craigsav83]

Pianoforte

[imthemaddude]

Organ

[Crazysop]

nose flute

[tubadaz]

Mellophone

[Immense_Mark]

Lute

[Magic Flute]

Kpanlogo

[tubadaz]

Jouhikko - bowed lyre of Finland

[Immense_Mark]

Inglese Corno ( english horn )

might be corno inglese...................

[tubadaz]

Hurdy Gurdy

[Magic Flute]

Glockenspiel

[Immense_Mark]

Felanji...................no?

[jingleram]

Euphonium

[Magic Flute]

Drum

[jingleram]

Cymbal

[Magic Flute]

Bongos

[tubadaz]

Atabal - cylindrical double-headed bass drum of the Basque region

[Immense_Mark]

Zink! ( the german word for cornet )

[tubadaz]

Yang Qin - Chinese hammered dulcimer

[Immense_Mark]

Was going to say Xylophone and be nice and origianal, but lets go with....

Xylorimba

[Magic Flute]

Wine Glasses (or to give technical name, glass harmonica)

[ronnie_the_lizard]

Viol

[Magic Flute]

Udungu

[BOB_]

timpani

[tubadaz]

Shakuhachi - Japanese bamboo flute with 4 finger holes and a thumb hole

[jingleram]

Renaissance Lute

[Immense_Mark]

Serpent

[jingleram]

Serpent

This thread goes through the alphabet backwards! Therefore next instrument after 'R' must begin with 'Q'

[HBB]

Mark! It should be Q next!

[Immense_Mark]

I was doing one where it goes forwards at same time and got confused....................sorry guys


k erm,............Quail

[tubadaz]

Pinquillo - very small wooden flute with mouthpiece

[Immense_Mark]

Orpharion - plucked instrument similiar to the pandora

[tubadaz]

Nai - panpipes of Romania

[Immense_Mark]

Mustel Organ

[tubadaz]

Lojki - wooden spoons, popular Russian percussion.

[ronnie_the_lizard]

Kazoo

[Immense_Mark]

Jews Harp

[tubadaz]

Iyailu - one of a set of three drums: the 'iyailu' or "mother drum", a talking drum

[Magic Flute]

Hand Chimes

[Immense_Mark]

Gong

[Magic Flute]

Flute

[tubadaz]

Epinette des Vosges - French instrument of the dulcimer family, oblong often with 7 strings, 3 of which are fretted.

[Immense_Mark]

Didgeridoo

[Jan H]

uhm..an instrument with a c...

a cornet perhaps?

;)

[Neil Glynn]

bassoon

[tubadaz]

Angklung - bamboo bells native to Indonesia.

[Immense_Mark]

Zither

[Magic Flute]

Yamaha piccolo?

[Immense_Mark]

Xylorimba