What musical instruments did Henry VIII play?

Answer 1

Henry the eighth owned (but did not play) many instruments :

5 bagpipes

78 recorders

78 flutes

and a mechanical virginal , which is an early harpsichord.

Answer 2

Here is a list of Musical Instruments that were available during Henry VIII's time, some you might recognise as they are still around today.

The Harp - The harp was about 30 inches in length - An upright triangular musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame containing a series of graduated vertical strings

The Fiddle - The Fiddle was played with a bow, or plucked, and usually held under the chin or in the crook of the arm. The fiddle was one of the most popular street instrument as it was easily carried

The Rebec - The rebec was a instrument with a round pear-shaped body ( an early violin )

The Psaltery - The Psaltery was a cross between a harp and a guitar

The Dulcimer - The Dulcimer is sound box with strings stretched across it and was played by striking the strings with two wooden hammers

The Hurdy-gurdy - the hurdy-gurdy was a type of barrel organ which was introduced in the 12th century - the bow was replaced by strings attached to a wheel which was cranked by a handle. Music was made by rotation of a cylinder studded with pegs. The Hurdy-gurdy was an extremely popular form of street music during the era of the Tudors

The Viol - Viols were played with a bow and initially held on the lap or between the legs

Viola da Gamba - Italian term for "viol of the leg" played with a bow and held between the legs

The Lute - The lute is similar to a guitar, with six to thirteen strings. The player of a lute is called a lutenist. The lute was strongly favored by courtiers

Chittarone - a lute which could reach 6 feet tall

Cittern or Gittern - Similar to a modern guitar or the bouzouki

The Flute - The Flute is a high-pitched musical instrument, held horizontally by the musician and played by blowing across a hole

The Trumpet - The trumpet is a long instrument made of metal, often in four parts

The Pipe - The pipe is a simple instrument usually having only three melody holes

The Shawm - The shawm was a reed instrument with vent holes - a predecessor to the hautboy

The Hautboy - The hautboy sounded through a reed, similar to the modern oboe

Recorder - The recorder is a simple instrument with melody holes

The Bagpipe - The Bagpipe was an ancient instrument, used by the poorest people and was made using a goat or sheep skin and a reed pipe

The Crumhorn - The crumhorn (Curved Horn) was introduced in the 15th century as a double reed musical instrument

The Gemshorn - The gemshorn was made of an ox bone as a flute-like musical instrument

The Lizard - The lizard was an s-shaped horn

The Sackbutt - the sackbutt was an ancestor of the modern trombone

The Drum - the drum is a musical percussion instrument usually consisting of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end - also called tambours

The Cymbal - the cymbal is a percussion instrument consisting of a concave brass disk; makes a loud crashing sound when hit with a drumstick or when two are struck together

The Triangle - the triangle is a bar of metal, bent into a triangle shape, struck with a metal beater, giving a high-pitched, ringing tone

The Tambourine - The tambourine is a small drum consisting of a circular frame with a skin stretched over it and several pairs of metal jingles attached to the frame, played by striking with the knuckles or shaking

The Spinet - the spinet is a small and compactly built upright piano which generates sound by plucking a string rather than striking one

The Harpsichord - The harpsichord strings are made to vibrate by being plucked

The Church Organ - the church organ sound is produced by means of pipes supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard

The Virginals - the virginals generates sound by plucking a string rather than striking one

The Clavicytherium - the Clavicytherium was a harpsichord that was vertically strung

The harpsichord family, consisting of the spinet, clavicytherium and virginals, is thought to have originated when a keyboard was affixed to the end of a psaltery, providing a mechanical means to pluck the strings. A psaltery was an ancient stringed instrument, similar to the lyre or zither, consisting of a soundboard with several pre-tuned strings that are usually plucked, but may also be bowed.

Answer 3

King Henry VIII could sing, dance, and play several musical instruments. He could play the flute, the recorder, the Trombone, the Trumpet, and the Bagpipes.

Answer 4

he owned the piano, 23 bagpipes flutes drums

Answer 5

I think the violin.