List of musical instruments

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The following is a list of musical instruments, categorized by section. Please add to List of musical instruments by Hornbostel-Sachs number also. See also List of instruments by nationality and Category:Musical instruments

There are 482 musical instruments listed. This includes the variations of categories, but not the categories themselves. Example: There are eight types of flutes in the western concert flute category. Therefore there are eight instruments listed in that category and western concert flute is not considered a musical instrument and is not listed in the count of instruments.

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[edit] Wind instruments

See also: List of woodwind instruments

There are 58 wind instruments listed

[edit] Single reed instruments

There are 38 single reed instruments listed

Soprano saxophone

[edit] Double reed instruments

There are 35 double reed instruments listed.

[edit] Bagpipes (single and double reed)

[edit] Brass instruments

There are 29 brass instruments listed (not necessarily made from brass)

[edit] Free reed instruments

There are 18 free reed instruments listed

[edit] Voice

There are 12 vocals listed

[edit] Free aerophones

[edit] String instruments

There are 144 string instruments listed

Main article: List of string instruments

[edit] Percussion instruments

See also: List of percussion instruments

[edit] Drums

There are 33 drums listed

[edit] Other percussion instruments

There are 74 percussion instruments listed

[edit] Electronic instruments

There are 19 electronic instruments listed

[edit] Keyboard instruments

There are 22 keyboard instruments listed

[edit] Other

There are 10 other musical instruments listed

[edit] External links

Brass Musical Instruments

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