Transcript CLASSICAL

Instruments
of
Country Music
Mandolin
Dulcimer
Banjo
Guitar
Fiddle
Steel Guitar
Harmonica
Mandolin
A small lute-like
instrument with a
typically pear-shaped
body and a straight
fretted neck, having
usually four sets of paired
strings tuned in unison or
octaves.
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Dulcimer
A narrow, often
hourglass-shaped
stringed instrument
having three or four
strings and a fretted
fingerboard, typically
held flat across the
knees while sitting and
played by plucking or
strumming. Also called
Appalachian dulcimer,
mountain dulcimer.
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Banjo
A usually fretted stringed
instrument
having
a
narrow
neck
and
a
hollow circular body with
a covering of plastic or
stretched skin on which
the bridge rests. The
modern American banjo
typically has four strings
and often a short fifth
string plucked with the
thumb.
Guitar
A musical instrument
having a flat-backed
rounded body that
narrows in the middle,
a long fretted neck,
and usually six
strings, played by
strumming or
plucking.
Fiddle
The fiddle instrument
is exactly the same as
the violin. The only
difference is the style
of music. Violin music
is classical, and fiddle
music is blues or
country.
Steel Guitar
An electronically amplified
guitar mounted on legs,
with up to ten strings
whose pitch can be
altered by sliding a steel
bar across them or by
depressing pedals
attached to them.
Also called pedal steel
guitar.
Harmonica
A small rectangular
instrument consisting
of a row of free reeds
set back in air holes,
played by exhaling or
inhaling.
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