Definitions for musical instrument
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1. musical instrument, instrumentnoun

   any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds

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1. musical instrumentnoun

   A device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds.

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1. musical instrument

   A musical instrument is a device or object constructed or used with the purpose of producing musical sounds, often designed to play different notes and controlled by the player's fingers, mouth, hands, or feet. This can include a wide range of tools, from traditional instruments like drums, guitars or pianos, to electronic synthesizers or even unconventional items used creatively to create sound.

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1. Musical instrument

   A musical instrument is a device created or adapted to make musical sounds. In principle, any object that produces sound can be a musical instrument—it is through purpose that the object becomes a musical instrument. The history of musical instruments dates to the beginnings of human culture. Early musical instruments may have used for ritual: such as a trumpet to signal success on the hunt, or a drum in a religious ceremony. Cultures eventually developed composition and performance of melodies for entertainment. Musical instruments evolved in step with changing applications. The date and origin of the first device considered a musical instrument is disputed. The oldest object that some scholars refer to as a musical instrument, a simple flute, dates back as far as 67,000 years. Some consensus dates early flutes to about 37,000 years ago. However, most historians believe that determining a specific time of musical instrument invention is impossible due to the subjectivity of the definition and the relative instability of materials used to make them. Many early musical instruments were made from animal skins, bone, wood, and other non-durable materials. Musical instruments developed independently in many populated regions of the world. However, contact among civilizations caused rapid spread and adaptation of most instruments in places far from their origin. By the Middle Ages, instruments from Mesopotamia were in Maritime Southeast Asia, and Europeans played instruments from North Africa. Development in the Americas occurred at a slower pace, but cultures of North, Central, and South America shared musical instruments. By 1400, musical instrument development slowed in many areas and was dominated by the Occident.

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1. musical instrument

   A form of instrument created and designed to create music.

   Musical instruments are amazing to use.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on January 20, 2021  

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1. musical instrument

   The musical instrument symbol -- In this Symbols.com article you will learn about the meaning of the musical instrument symbol and its characteristic.

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How to pronounce musical instrument?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of musical instrument in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of musical instrument in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of musical instrument in a Sentence

1. Dale Fairchild:

   If someone is that good at playing a musical instrument, that, in itself, is like another language. So, you've just allowed that child to move to the next level. Danielle’s older sister created a plastic device to help hold her bow for her viola, which has one string less than a violin. The plastic device has helped, but she still needs more flexibility. Christopher has an assistive device to play the cello, but he said it's a little too heavy. Giavedoni plans to remake Danielle’s device by using a mold of her wrist and hand, and he’ll lighten Christopher’s device. For us, it's being able to let these kids show other kids and adults that ‘Don't look at me for what I don't have. Look at all the great things I can do,’.

2. Fil Carrion:

   Definitely it's a very easy musical instrument to learn, here it's just a four-string instrument that's small yet powerful.

3. Louis Wong:

   Playing a musical instrument gives much pleasure, but more so to the musician.

4. Yann Morvan:

   We didn't want Aerodrums to be a fad. We didn't want it to be the gadget of the year and then it's forgotten, we wanted it to be a proper musical instrument that is introducing air drumming as a legitimate way to drum and keeps going, keeps improving until it's fine to air drum live, it's fine to record using air drums because it's a real musical instrument.

5. Daniel Potts:

   The thing that was different about this case was that this individual took up playing a musical instrument during the time after he was diagnosed with FTD and had never done that before — and I think this makes this case unique.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=musical instrument
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Musical_Instrument
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=musical instrument