Do all musical instruments in English have the definite article "the" in front of them?

Not all English instruments have the definite article "the" in front of them. Chinese musical instrument nouns don't need articles: playing erhu erhu?

When playing an instrument, add before it.

play the piano

play the violin

Note: Chinese musical instrument nouns are not used with articles: erhu (Erhu).

The following categories of nouns are not used with the:

1. Nouns indicating the names of disciplines, such as Chinese, Mathematics and Physics.

2. Nouns representing seasons, months and weeks, such as spring, January and Sunday.

3. Nouns expressing titles, nationalities, countries and cities, such as President, English, China and Peking.

4. Nouns indicating festivals, such as Children's Day, New Year's Day and May Day.

Extended data

Matters needing attention in the use of definite article "the"

Error-prone warning:

1. "Ball nouns" don't use the when they are used with play, but when they refer to a single object such as "a basketball" or "that football", they should be used with a or the.

2. There are definite articles before the unique traditional festivals in China. Such as: Spring Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Lantern Festival.