Category: instrument

A twelve-string guitar is a steel-string guitar with 12 strings in six courses, which produces a thicker, more ringing tone than a standard six-string guitar....

The accordion is a member of a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past...

“Added attractions” is one of several funny credits given to Ethan Gruska on Bruce Hornsby’s Flicted release. We’re sure he’s very good at it. Played...

If anyone has any information on “Airto”, we’d love to hear it! Percussionist Airto Moreira? Played by: Chad Wright on: Flicted...

A nod to Albert, Riley ‘B.B.’ (“Blues Boy”) and Freddie King. Albert and BB were both born in Indianola, Mississippi. Freddie was from Gilmer, Texas,...

The alto sax is pitched in the key of Eb, smaller than the Bb tenor but larger than the Bb soprano. Played by: Bobby Read...

Whatever constitutes an aural atmosphere, we’re sure Justin Vernon is truly great at it. By: Justin Vernon on: Non-Secure Connection (album)...

The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular,...

The banjolin is a hybrid instrument, combining a banjo body with the neck and tuning of a mandolin. It is a soprano banjo. Played by: Ricky...

The baritone sax is the lowest-pitched saxophone in common use — the bass, contrabass and subcontrabass saxophones are relatively uncommon. Like all saxophones, it is...

Bruce Hornsby has had a number of world-class bass players on his records and in his touring band. Here’s a list of who played on...

The bass clarinet is a larger and lower sounding relative of the clarinet. Like the clarinet, the bass clarinet is a single-reed instrument and is...

Bongos are an Afro-Cuban percussion instrument consisting of a pair of small open-bottomed hand drums of different sizes. Played by: Phil Collins on: Harbor Lights (album)...

A genre of Latino popular music of especially New York in the 1960s influenced by soul and rhythm and blues. Played by: J.V. Collier on:...

The bouzouki is a member of the long-necked lute family, with a round body with a flat top and a long neck with a fretted...

A cajon is a Peruvian box-shaped percussion instrument, played by slapping the front or rear faces with the hands, fingers, or sometimes implements such as...

Played by: Bruce Hornsby on: Spirit Trail  ...

The celeste, or bell-piano, is a struck idiophone operated by a keyboard. It looks similar to an upright piano, with smaller keys and a much...

The cello is a bowed string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually tuned in perfect fifths: from low to high, C2,...

The french horn is the third highest sounding brass instrument, after the trumpet and cornet. Horns are normally pitched in F or Bb, and sometimes...

Clarinets comprise a family of instruments of differing sizes and pitches. The clarinet family is the largest woodwind family, ranging from the BBb contrabass to...

Conducting is the direction of a musical performance, such as an orchestral or choral concert. It has been defined as “the art of directing the...

The conga is a tall, narrow, single-headed drum from Cuba, classified into three types: quinto (lead drum, highest), tres dos or tres golpes (middle), and...

A cymbal is a common percussion instrument. Often used in pairs, cymbals consist of thin, normally round plates of various alloys. Played by: Bruce Hornsby...

Danelectro is a brand of musical instruments and accessories that was founded in Red Bank, New Jersey, in 1947. The company is known primarily for...