musical instrument
device created or adapted to make musical sounds
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Summary
musical instrument is a type of tool[1]. It draws 10,182 Wikipedia views per month (type of tool category, ranking #3 of 27).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: sound generator[3], music equipment[4], physical tool[5], archaeological artefact[6], artificial physical object[7]
- Has use: music[8]
- Commons category: Musical instruments[9]
- Has part(s): musical instrument part[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:Musical instruments[11]
- Commons gallery: Musical instrument[12]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[13], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Riemann's Music Dictionary[15], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[17], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[18], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[19], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[20], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[21]
- Topic has template: Template:Infobox instrument[22], Template:Musical instruments[23]
- Used by: instrumentalist[24], musician[25], by instrumentation[26]
- Has effect: instrumental music[27]
- Has characteristic: family of musical instruments[28]
- Main Wikidata property: P1303[29]
- Native label: 樂器[30]
- Equivalent class: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe/MusicInstrument[31], http://performedmusicontology.org/ontology/IndividualMediumOfPerformance[32]
- Properties for this type: P1762[33], P2343[34]
- Studied by: organology[35]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[36]
Why It Matters
musical instrument has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 84 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]