Questions tagged [identify-this-instrument]
For questions looking to identify a musical instrument. Be sure to include enough information (sound clip, picture, video, description, etc.) for someone to be able to identify it.
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What is the name of this instrument / jazz style?
I am looking for the name of this musical instrument, which I have heard in old Tom & Jerry episodes, the show Mad Men and jazz radios. It does not sound like a cymbalom but may be a variation ...
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Instrument used on Hesperion's “Kanon und Gigue” (Pachelbel's Canon)
Kanon und Gigue - Hesperion XXI:
TLDR: What's the instrument name at 0:00 to 0:08 (not the cello one)?
On 0:00 to 0:08, I heard two instruments playing the bass ...
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What is this percussion instrument in Maria Taylor's “Up All Night”?
What is this snare/clap-like percussion instrument in Maria Taylor's "Up All Night" that is played throughout the song on the 2nd and 4th beat of every bar? It does neither sound like a ...
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What instrument is this member of Lawrence Welk's Orchestra playing?
In 1961, Lawrence Welk and his Orchestra, of all people*, recorded a version of "Ghost Riders in the Sky" featuring guitar and some percussion instrument which I've never seen before.
It ...
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What instruments are used in the song Zoom by The Commodores?
The Commodores from the U.S, the song released in 1977.
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Contrabasson or contrabass in the begining of this Harnoncourt recording of Johannespassion, BWV 245, Part 1: “Herr, unser Herrscher”
== Crossposted from Music.SE as the question was deemed more appropriate for this site by a user with lots of rep ==
Consider this Harnoncourt recording of: Johannespassion, BWV 245, Part 1: "...
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Contrabasson or contrabass in the begining of this Harnoncourt recording of Johannespassion, BWV 245, Part 1: “Herr, unser Herrscher” [duplicate]
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Consider this Harnoncourt recording of: Johannespassion, BWV 245, Part 1: "Herr, unser Herrscher". I can't ...
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What is the instrument used in “The Accountant” (2016) at 17:10 – 17:30?
Can someone please let me know what instrument is it playing in the background in this scene from 17:10 - 17:30 (link below) in the film 'The Accountant' (2016).
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Please help me identify this mandolin shaped guitar
From a live version of PIL's "this is not a love song":
the video is at
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What instrument is playing in this video clip?
I was listening to to the following video clip from 03:17 to 03:40 you can hear an instrument playing. I am unsure what instrument is playing is it a trumpet?
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What was Dr Dre's spoon instrument?
Dr Dre is a hip-hop producer who frequently used some sort of spinning spoon instrument during the late 90's in some of his beats. Some examples of this spoon sound can be heard in the beginning of ...
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What instruments does coffin dance use?
I was curious and wondered what instruments was used to produce coffin dance song.
When I tried to search it up on my own, the search showed me coffin dance played with weird instruments instead of ...
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Nintendo Wii Party's Main Menu Instrument?
I've been trying to figure out what instrument they used for the main melody of this song but i can't find the sound it give off this "wow" sound, is it a sine wave..?
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What is this instrument from Rayman Origins Game?
I've been playing with Rayman Origins game and I wondering what is the instrument that sounds in it. You can hear it in Jibberish Jungle ~ The Darktoon Chase.
It's the first one that sounds.
I think ...
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What sound is in Steve Aoki's “Mi Gente” remix?
I’m trying to make a song that imitates the big ‘dun’ sound in this song "Mi Gente", Steve Aoki Remix:
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What is this instrument in “Sometimes I Still Feel the Bruise”?
I'm looking to identify the instrument (or synth?) that comes in at about 2:13 in Trembling Blue Stars' "Sometimes I Still Feel the Bruise":
It also closes ...
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I can’t determine the instrument used here in the musical Miss Saigon
It’s a song called WHY GOD, WHY? from Claude-Michel Schönberg’s Miss Saigon. A hit on Broadway and The West End
It’s timestamped above, 2:51 after the lyric:
Why can’...
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Can’t work out the instrument from John Williams Leaving Hogwarts soundtrack
I can’t work out the primary instrument(s) that are carrying the melody/main theme from JOHN WILLIAMS Leaving Hogwarts from the first Harry Potter film.
Its a lovely ...
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What is the name of these medieval bells?
At 2:29 In the dialogue of side one of The Medieval Sound David Munrow said that medieval bells were frequently used for the Plainsong parts in church music and that the bells are struck with little ...
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What is the name of this instrument
What is the name of the highest instrument heard at 0:19? I first heard it at the end of a old animated Christmas cartoon.
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Neoni X Egzod - “The Revolution”, instrument used at 0:38
I'm trying to determine what the instrument and melody is filling the background, starting from 0:38 to 0:48 in the following song:
It sounds like either a string or ...
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Need help to identify an instrument
Can someone please help me identify a bass instrument found in the following video?
It plays through out the song, but at 2:15 - 2:25 and 2:55 - 3:05 you can clearly hear it play. It is the deepest ...
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Is “Road to the West”, from Cowboy Bebop, played on alto or tenor sax?
Hello fellow music fans.
Recently I decided to start playing the saxophone, but I can't decide yet if I'll play the tenor or alto. I would like to ask which sax is playing Road to the West from the ...
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Survivor - Eye of the Tiger song [closed]
Is there a remix of the song "Survivor - Eye of the Tiger"?
What are the different musical instruments in this song?
The music is awesome.
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What is the name of the musical instrument shown on the video?
Here is the picture from the video:
What is the name of the musical instrument shown there?
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Foreigner - I want to know what Love is song
What are the different musical instruments played in this song?
I mean Guitar, Drums, Synthesizer, Violin etc?
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Rachmaninoff: Symphony no.2 woodwind instrument
Firstly, Rachmaninoff. Holy s***! He must have been terribly sad :(
There's a woodwind instrument at 35:21 sounds too rich for a flute is it an Oboe? It's the most wonderful passage, you can hear this ...
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Plucked(?) instrument, Peking Duk - “Stranger” (Y2K Remix)
Simple question, that is bugging me. I love this sound @1.10 of this stringed instrument, but I have no idea what it is?
Peking Duk - "Stranger" (Y2K Remix)
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Background instrument in Anathema's “Electricity”
https://youtu.be/aRtt1ft39KA
What is the instrument we hear in the background of "Electricity" by Anathema (Natural Disaster)?
It is heard in places throughout, but becomes louder and more ...
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Instrument in Sparrow's “Rainbow Mountain” at 5'25''
The song is 彩虹山(Rainbow Mountain) by 文雀(Sparrow).
What is the instrument playing the repeated note in this song starting from 5'25''?
To my limited music knowledge it sounds like violin, but I'm not ...
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Which kind of flute is the one that you can hear?
I'm listening the sound "Grassland theme from Heroes of Might and Magic" in Spotify.
And I'm wondering which kind of flute is the one that you can here.
Which kind of flute is?
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Is Zakir Hussain using a book as a percussion instrument?
Zakir Hussain and Rakesh Chaurasia performed together in EtnoKraków Rozstaje (Crossroads) 2015. In the concert video uploaded on the festival's official YouTube channel, you can see that there is a ...
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What is this orchestral percussion instrument used while battle drums play?
I have a problem to recognize one orchestral percussion instrument. It is used by some composers while battle drums play. It's a clicky sound, something like castanets, anvil, chains hit.
It's played ...
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Name of music instrument used in Don't Starve
If you listen to
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7b8JIOPEUk (0:57) and
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGO72jL7veU (0:22) and (although I think I made my point)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...
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What are these “click sounds” in the song *Cradles* by Sub Urban?
I found this really cool song on youtube: Sub Urban - Cradles and I love the, for the lack of a better word, "click sound" in the chorus at 0:48.
I'd like to know if anyone knows of songs with these ...
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What kind of instrument/synthesizer did Finntroll use for 2012's “Under Bergets Rot”?
I'm currently on an adventure to find the best folk/black metal bands in Scandinavia and the rest of Europe. I have just come across the wonderful band Finntroll, which describes their music as "...
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I can’t work out the instrument Stravinsky uses in “Pulcinella”
I can’t figure out what instrument is being used to aid in keeping his beat. It sounds like pizzicato on the cello, it’s too high for a double bass I think?
You hear it at 1:28 and 2:01 for ...
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Which whistle-like instrument is used in Caravan Palace's “Cotton Heads”?
I've been trying to transcribe Caravan Palace's "Cotton Heads", and have been failing to find an instrument that has the almost human whistle-like quality in the song.
The instrument appears in the ...
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Help identify instrument from Hateful Eight
In the movie Hateful Eight by Quentin Tarantino there is a recurring theme played by a low-sounding brass instrument. You can hear it in this piece.
Is this a kind of tuba or horn?
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What is the instrument in the intro of They Might Be Giants' cover of “Istanbul (Not Constantinople)”?
What is the instrument playing the intro part in They Might Be Giants' cover of "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)"? And any ideas on where I can find more music which sounds similar?
In an attempt to be ...
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What instrument is creating this percussive sound?
I was curious if you knew what instrument/or how they make the "clunking" beat sound throughout most of these pieces?
House of Cards - Season 4 trailer - starting at 0:17 into the video.
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Netflix Mowgli movie flute
Can some one please tell me what flute they used in the new Netflix Mowgli movie?
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What kind of guitar is this?
Sorting through the belongings of my late grandfather did result in a guitar to be pass down to my branch of the family. My mother remembers it has been 'always there' so it might be bought well ...
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What instruments are used in “For a few dollars More theme song”?
I don't have any know how about the music instruments, although I enjoy listening them but I don't know their names.
I really enjoy listening to Ennio Morricone's For a few dollars More theme song ...
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Solo Music Instrument played in “All at Sea”?
In the 1957 movie "All at Sea" or "Barnacle Bill" starring Alec Guiness, there is a solo instrument often played to create a humorous sailor-ish effect.
You can hear a very short bit of it in this ...
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What instruments are used in the Star Trek (2009) theme song?
In particular, what instruments do I begin hearing at the ~39 second mark of this video? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EO1FZEUbZJE
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Instrument from Tzen Tze Re Rei - Loli Cosmica
I can clearly hear a classic acoustic guitar on the background but as second one there is another string instrument that resembles a smaller version of the guitar and slightly sounds like the harp (at ...
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Instrument used in sound clip
Does anyone know what genre of music is this example:
very quiet background music. Also, what instrument is used to make this kind of music?
Thanks in advance
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Where does this mandolin come from?
My friend inherited a mandolin - there is no visible inscription but family lore has it that it is about 100 years old and came from Austria. Does anyone know where we could find someone that can help ...
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What wind instrument plays the intro to the orchestrated composition of this song?
I'd like to know what's the main, salient instrument that plays the intro in this video, from 00:04 to 00:17. (Please note that the visuals is, I think, misleading: the players shown are not the ones ...
