What are the western musical instruments?

Western musical instruments are as follows:

1, type

Western musical instruments are divided into woodwind instruments, brass instruments, percussion instruments, bowstring instruments, keyboard instruments and stringed instruments.

Woodwind instruments: flute, (piccolo), oboe, (British pipe), clarinet and bassoon.

Brass instruments: French horn, trumpet, (cornet), trombone, (tenor), (bass) and tuba.

Percussion instruments: timpani, drum, snare drum, cymbals, drum set, triangle, sand hammer, Zhong Qin, xylophone, chime, etc.

Bowstring instruments: violin, viola, cello, bass.

Keyboard instruments: piano, organ, accordion, electronic organ.

Step 2 introduce in detail

Woodwind instruments are tubular instruments made of particularly strong wood (or metal materials, such as new flutes). They originated from primitive wind instruments made of reed pipes or other materials in ancient times, such as reed flute, transverse flute, clarinet, double-reed clarinet and flute.

Woodwind instruments were used in the band from the beginning of17th century until the middle of18th century. The Vienna Classical School and other music schools began to gradually apply woodwind instruments in the band according to a certain number and proportion, and greatly developed and improved the performance skills of woodwind instruments in their creation, and established the important position of woodwind instruments in the band.

Brass instrument is a tubular wind instrument made of brass, which is pronounced by the vibration of lips and the vibration of air column in the tube. The brass family consists of trumpet, horn, trombone and tuba. The timbre of brass instruments is characterized by grandeur, brilliance and enthusiasm. Many great moments in history left the figure of brass instruments, which played an incomparable and important role for other instruments.

Percussion instrument, also known as percussion instrument, refers to an instrument that makes sound by striking the instrument itself, and belongs to a common classical instrument. Both the East and the West have percussion instruments. Some percussion instruments can not only produce rhythm, but also produce melody and chorus.