Membranophone

As England has such unpredictable weather, Johnny invented the first straight dhol drum. When Johnny wanted to learn there was nobody around. Instead he took 6 classical tabla lessons but being young he wanted more danceable rhythms. Later on he transferred tabla rhythms over to his syllabus for teaching the dhol.

Dhol is a percussion instrument made of wood, brass, leather, cotton, parchment and metal. This folk instrument is found in West Bengal, Orissa, Kerala, Himachal Pradesh and Assam. Majorly used as an accompaniment in traditional and folk music and dance performance. Also used as an instrument in public announcements.

String instrument

The rebab is held vertically in front of the player (strings facing away), who sits cross-legged on the floor and holds the bow in his/her right hand. Other than for the pitches to which the two open strings are tuned, the rebab is not a fix-pitched instrument.

Persia

The rebab is one of the elaborating instruments in gamelan music. Its melody is important because it leads other instruments. In addition, it also improvises the balungan or the vocal melody. The balungan and the vocal melody inspire the melody of the rebab.

The term rebab refers to chordophones, particularly lutes and lyres, found in Islamic and Islamic-influenced lands. In North Africa, where this example is from, the rebab is most often a boat-shaped, two-string fiddle without frets.

The rebab (Arabic الربابة or ربابة : “bowed instrument”), also rebap, rabab, rebeb, rababah, or al-rababa is a type of string instrument so named no later than the 8th century and spread via Islamic trading routes over much of North Africa, the Middle East, parts of Europe, and the Far East.

stringed instruments

British Dictionary definitions for lyrist lyrist. noun. (ˈlaɪərɪst) a person who plays the lyre.

As an attribute of Apollo, the god of prophecy and music, the lyre to the ancient Greeks symbolized wisdom and moderation.

A wooden trumpet that can be played like a real trumpet has been created by a South Gloucestershire wood turner. The only components of the trumpet not made from wood are the instrument’s valves and springs.

Upon the sound of the first trumpet, hail and fire mingled with blood is thrown to Earth, burning up a third of the trees on the planet, and all green grass.