In music, instrument means: An object made or used to produce musical sounds, such as a piano, violin, guitar, drum or ney.
In Turkish: çalgı, enstrüman
How it is used
You play, learn, tune or practise an instrument. Musicians ask each other 'What instrument do you play?' and talk about their 'main instrument' or 'second instrument'. Families include string, wind, brass, percussion and keyboard instruments.
Example sentences
Conservatory applicants must audition on their main instrument.
Please bring your own instrument; we only provide the drum kit and amps.
Common collocations
play an instrument
main instrument
string instrument
wind instrument
learn an instrument
Related terms
stringsThe section of instruments played with a bow, mainly violins, violas, cellos and double basses. It also means the actual strings on an instrument such as a guitar.
percussionInstruments played by hitting, shaking or scraping them, such as drums, cymbals, the xylophone, the tambourine and the darbuka.
brassThe family of wind instruments, usually made of metal, in which the player makes the sound by buzzing the lips into a cup-shaped mouthpiece, such as the trumpet, trombone, horn and tuba.
woodwindThe family of wind instruments that make sound by blowing across an edge or through a reed, such as the flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and saxophone.
tuneTo adjust an instrument so that its notes sound at the correct pitch, usually by tightening or loosening strings or moving a part of the instrument.
