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Most instruments can play a single note. Exceptions would be things like bagpipes where you have two or more notes played by drones while the melody, a third note, is carried by the chanter; but nearly every other type of instrument can play a single note by bowing, plucking, or striking a single key or string.
Instruments that can only play a single note at a time are things like brass (trumpet, Trombone), woodwinds (oboe, Clarinet, Saxophone), and most other blown instruments (flute).
Electronic instruments like the Theremin and the original Moog synthesizer also can only play a single note at a time. Later synthesizers have multiple sound production channels and can play multiple notes at once. Some instruments are capable of only a single note. Examples would be percussion instruments (gong, cowbell, triangle, bass drum and tomtom) and sound-effect instruments (shotgun in the Huntsman's Waltz, cannons in the 1812 Overture).
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What orchestral instrument plays the turning-up note?
We normally use piano/tune by ear.
Which woodwind instrument plays the highest note?
The Piccolo is the woodwind that produces the highest sound.
What Instrument does Jason Earles play?
nobody is sure what instrument he plays but from the Hanna Montana show Who Could Be The One and in that he plays the bag pipes.
Which brass instrument is the only one that can play every pitch?
i play a brass instrument and yes one note at a time which can be slurred into another note
What is the one woodwind instrument that plays in the canival of the aquarium?
Piccolo
What is the musical term for when an instrument repeatedly plays a note that starts whit an o?
ostinato.
What orchestral instrument plays the turning-up note?
We normally use piano/tune by ear.
Is the piano a transposing instrument?
No piano is a concert pitch instrument. Strictly speaking a transposing instrument is any instrument that the base note is not C in English and Do in Italian. As a piano is a stringed instrument, it does not have a base note as such, and when one presses what he or she supposes as C, the note heard is C.
Which woodwind instrument plays the highest note?
The Piccolo is the woodwind that produces the highest sound.
What Instrument does Jason Earles play?
nobody is sure what instrument he plays but from the Hanna Montana show Who Could Be The One and in that he plays the bag pipes.
Which brass instrument is the only one that can play every pitch?
i play a brass instrument and yes one note at a time which can be slurred into another note
What is the one woodwind instrument that plays in the canival of the aquarium?
Piccolo
How many beat in a quarter note?
In/On any instrument a quarter note gets one beat.
What is the quarter note on the violin?
a quarter note is the same on every instrument. In 4/4 time it is one beat.
What notes does the oboe play?
It plays every note. The Oboe is a double reed instrument and has a 4 - 5 octave range. If you can hear low and high notes the Oboe can play them. The bassoon plays the lower octaves, it is also a double reed instrument.
What is the dissonance to clarinet?
Well there is not necessarily one instrument that is dissonant to the clarinet. Really any instrument is dissonant to the clarinet as long as they are playing a note that has dissonance with the note that the clarinet is playing. So say the clarinet plays an A and a violin (or any other instrument) played a G# there will be a lot of dissonant. If after this you still don't understand try to find a piano and play notes that are next to each other and you will find the dissonance
What note is a violin?
A violin is not a note. It is an instrument.
