accordion
/əˈkɔɹdiən/
noun
a box-like musical instrument that is held in both hands and is played by squeezing and stretching it while pressing its keys
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1His daughter's taking accordion lessons.
2Well, explain accordion repo.
3She plays the accordion.
4And my own daughter is taking accordion lessons.
5Many accordions have different reed options.
drum
/ˈdɹəm/
noun
a musical instrument consisting of a hollow, round frame with plastic or skin stretched tightly across one or both ends, played by hitting it with sticks or hands
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1[laughter] Drumming a familiar beat.
2A team drum off?
3I play drums.
4He plays drums.
5Playing drums?
keyboard
/ˈkiˌbɔɹd/
noun
a type of electronic musical instrument with keys like those of a piano, which is able to make many different sounds
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1So keyboard, got my fancy mouse.
2I use keyboards
3Keyboard shortcuts for effects and presets.
4We have keyboards.
5Keyboards are a great help to students with some learning disabilities, as well as students with poor handwriting.
piano
/piˈænə/, /piˈænoʊ/
noun
a musical instrument played by pressing the black and white keys on the keyboard
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1They both play piano.
2the girls will play piano.
3Who plays piano?
4My mom teaches piano.
5Middle-class people have pianos.
saxophone
/ˈsæksəˌfoʊn/
noun
a curved metal wind instrument that is played by blowing into it while pressing its buttons
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1The saxophone pretty much has become kinda like the face of jazz.
2I took saxophone lessons.
3- I like this sad saxophone.
4Ah this saxophone definitely plays the loops.
5He played the saxophone.
trumpet
/ˈtɹəmpət/
noun
a musical instrument with a curved metal tube and one wide end, which is played by blowing into it while pressing and releasing its three buttons
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1A trumpet, like many wind instruments, has very little flux.
2Suddenly, trumpets sounded from their left.
3the trumpet may have the second partial and the fourth partial and the sixth partial.
4Trumpets all over the place.
5They trumpet the authority of the Parisian Sans-Culottes.
violin
/vaɪəˈɫɪn/
noun
a musical instrument with strings, held under the chin and played with a bow
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1I played the violin.
2You guys have a violin?
3We have violin.
4So my sister played the violin.
5Violins were his life and his bread.
musician
/mjuˈzɪʃən/
noun
someone who plays a musical instrument or writes music, especially as a profession
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1So musicians talk about deliberate practice.
2With the first black president in the White House, musicians took up the empowerment song.
3Musicians are at least as neurotic as everybody else, easily.
4Indeed, ten generations of Bachs were musicians.
5Soon, other musicians joined their group.
instrument
/ˈɪnstɹəmənt/
noun
an object or device used for producing music, such as a violin or a piano
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1Each song and location changes instruments entirely in order to give you a sense of that location.
2Instruments are common.
3Maybe switch the instrument.
4Musical instrument repairers and tuners keep instruments in tune and in good repair.
5And instruments can convey feelings.
bass guitar
/bˈeɪs ɡɪtˈɑːɹ/
noun
a type of electric guitar that produces the lowest pitch in the family of guitars
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1I got drums, bass guitar, lead guitar, rhythm guitar.
2But he ended up playing bass guitar.
3It's not like a bass guitar.
4And would we have had electric guitars and bass guitars and stuff
5The center information is like kick drum, snare drum, bass guitar right.

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