As a musical instrument in western classical music.
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Michael Levy was the oldest known western musician. He made music in the west popular by playing the musical instrument lyre.
An array mbira is a variety of plucked lamellophone, a Western musical instrument, an adaptation of the African mbira.
Subing is a bamboo jaw harp of the Cuyunin people of Palawan islands in western Philippines.
The triangle originated in the Western nations of Africa in the late fourteenth century. It was quickly adopted as an instrument by European settlers and slavers.
The Hardanger fiddle is considered to be the national instrument of Norway. This is an ornately decorated fiddle with four main strings and four resonating strings beneath them, which are not touched by the bow.
sitar (like a western guitar) tabla (like bongos) tambura (plays the drone, string instrument with no frets)
It is generally agreed the instrument we know today in western music as the violin had its origin in the Arabic rabab which has only two strings.
I am trying to identify an old band instrument (euphonium?), played by my grandfather in a 1905 western band. I can upload a picture. PPH
An mbira is an African musical instrument. It's also known as a "thumb piano" and is a small hendheld instrument comprising a block of wood with a series of metal keys attached on top.
a musical instrument? a wind instrument? a string instrument? a percussion instrument?