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Reinvented several times in different lands, it combines banjo body and neck of mandolin, it is tuned like it and the violin. Catalog context: banjo and mandolin/violin hybrid. Public catalog…
The bass oboe is a double reed woodwind instrument which is about twice the size of a regular oboe. This guide turns the available catalog record into a serious starter…
The bansuri is a transverse alto flute, which is the North Indian counterpart to the venu. Public catalog clues linked to this instrument include transverse, bamboo, hindustani classical, aerophone. This…
Bass Recorder is treated here as a wind instrument. Public catalog notes are limited, so this guide focuses on a trustworthy study process instead of unsupported historical detail. This guide…
Ancient Central Asian/Persian string instrument, ancestor of the Iranian oud. it was an important instrument in pre-Islamic Iran and Persia. The current “Persian barbat” is more similar to the oud.…
Baritone Guitar is treated here as a string instrument. Public catalog notes are limited, so this guide focuses on a trustworthy study process instead of unsupported historical detail. This guide…
Larger bass drum also known as thunder or pope smasher, it has a double goat skin membrane and is hit with a padded mallet. Important in the Jamaican Burru music…
The most common of the lower members of the saxophone family, it is the middle-low baritone. Catalog context: Middle-Low member of the saxophone family. Public catalog clues linked to this…
Used in folk music, it is often called "saz". The neck with adjustable frets, is of beech or juniper, the body with spruce soundboard, of various woods, its seven strings…
Predecessor of the modern classical guitar, it had gut strings and even gut frets. First described in 1555, it surpassed the Renaissance lute's popularity. Catalog context: Baroque gut string guitar.…