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Does the musical instrument have a definite article?

No. In English, musical instruments are preceded by the definite article "the", as follows:

1 means that when playing an instrument, the article "the" should be added in front of the instrument.

Example: play? That? Piano? Play the piano, play? That? Violin? Play the violin, play? That? Drum? Drumming?

2. When western musical instruments are used as courses, there is no need to add the definite article "the".

Example: why? Manufacturing? His? Alive By who? Teaching? Piano. He teaches piano for a living. Piano, as a course, has no definite article in front.

3. There was no definite article "the" before Chinese traditional musical instruments (accurately speaking, before Chinese phonetic instruments). If you represent a specific number, such as erhu, use an indefinite article in front.

Example: play? Erhu plays erhu; Play? Di Zi plays the flute.

Extended data

The usage of the definite article the

1 means to designate someone or something. The so-called concrete meaning is "nothing more!" For example:

The girl in a red hat is Susan.

The girl in a red hat is Susan.

Once used, it means that both people in the conversation know who they are talking about and what they are talking about. For example:

That? The dog is sick.

The dog is ill (both sides know which dog it is)

What was mentioned before will be mentioned later. For example:

There is a cat in the tree. ? That? The cat is black.

There is a cat in the tree. This cat is black.

It means the only thing in the world. For example:

That? The Great Wall is a miracle.

The Great Wall of Wan Li is a miracle.