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Musician Nyckelharpa Fiddle Scandinavian Folk Music Sweden

Lute: the neck of the Renaissance lute was bent back; the strings were tuned in pairs and the fingerboard had frets. Viols: Flat back and six strings. Fretted fingerboard. Viols were held upright in front of the player rather than tucked under the chin Crumhorn: double-reed instrument Sackbut: It's an early kind of trombone. Trumpet: Without the valve system we know today (it was invented in the 19th century). The different notes were obtained by varying the lip pressure Percussion…

The Satyr Pipes also known as a reed flute or Halfling Pipes, are a wood-wind instrument consisting of several close-end tubes varying in length that when blown produce different notes.

Medieval Musical Instruments | stringed instruments from different times and places;