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Concert band instruments
- TrumpetBronze and silver trumpets emerged from the grave of Tutankhamun in Egypt, dating back to 1326, 1336 BC. These artifacts represent some of the earliest known…
- BassoonMusic historians generally consider the dulcian to be the forerunner of the modern bassoon. This hairpin-shaped instrument with a long, folded bore and a…
- Bass drumThe Turkish davul emerged as a cylindrical drum with two thin heads stretched over hoops and attached to a narrow shell.
- TromboneThe word trombone derives from the Italian tromba, meaning trumpet, combined with the suffix -one, which indicates largeness.
- CymbalReliefs from the Armenian Highlands dating to the 7th century BC show early representations of cymbals. These images appear alongside depictions in Larsa…
- OboeCenturies before the Spanish and Portuguese conquests in the New World, an early version of the chirimía arrived in Europe from the Middle East due to…
- XylophoneThe instrument has obscure ancient origins. Nettl proposed that it originated in southeast Asia and came to Africa c. AD 500 when a group of Austronesian…
- Double bassA 1640 painting by Peter Lely shows a violone being played, capturing an instrument that sits at the crossroads of two distinct families.