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A keyboard instrument is the set of adjacent depressible keys on a musical instrument. The piano is an obvious example. Keyboards contain keys for playing the notes of the musical scale, for instance, 12 notes of the Western musical scale, repeating at the interval of an octave. Depressing a key on the keyboard causes the instrument to produce sounds. On electric and electronic keyboards, depressing a key connects a circuit, for example, in Hammond organ, digital piano or synthesizer.
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There are a lot of things to consider when buying a used band instrument like a flute, clarinet , trumpet, trombone , or saxophone from someone other than a retail music store. While private sales may be a way to get a really good price on a band instrument, they are not always the cheapest way to go. There are pros and cons to purchasing instruments from both retailers and from private individuals and each of these will be discussed in this article.
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String instruments are divided into two categories: those that are exclusively plucked and tend to have frets (metal strips across the fingerboard), and those that make a sound when a bow is drawn across the strings. The harp is an exception. It has no bow, no fingerboard nor frets, and the strings are plucked.
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