pyrophones
plural of pyrophone

qamancha
Alternative form of kamancheh.

qanon
Alternative spelling of qanun.

qanons
plural of qanon

qanoon
Alternative form of qanun.

qanoons
plural of qanoon

qanun
A Near Eastern and Caucasian musical instrument related to the zither, dulcimer, or harp having either 26 strings and a single bridge, or 42 strings and two bridges.

qanuns
plural of qanun

qin
Any of several traditional Chinese musical instruments, most commonly the seven-stringed instrument more specifically called the guqin.

qing
A sounding stone, a Chinese musical instrument.

qings
plural of qing

qinpu
Tablature score collections for the Chinese musical instrument, the guqin.

qinqin
A plucked Chinese lute.

qins
plural of qin

qobyz
Alternative form of kobyz.

qomuz
Alternative spelling of komuz.

qomuzes
plural of qomuz

queenophone
Synonym of couesnophone.

queenophones
plural of queenophone

quelbe
A style of folk and popular music from the Virgin Islands, traditionally performed by bands consisting of ukulele, banjo, guitar and washboard with various percussion instruments on rhythm.

quijada
jawbone (percussion instrument)

qumode
An information-carrying unit of a harmonic oscillator.

qumodes
plural of qumode.

rabab
An Arabian stringed instrument, played by plucking or with a bow.

rababs
plural of rabab

rackett
An old wind instrument of the double bassoon kind, having ventages but not keys.

racketts
plural of rackett

raggett
Synonym of rackett (“musical instrument”).

raggetts
plural of raggett

ragtime
A musical form having a rhythm characterized by strong syncopation in the melody with a regularly accented accompaniment.
A piece of music in this style.

ragtimes
plural of ragtime

rahmonic
A harmonic of a cepstrum.

rahmonics
plural of rahmonic

raindrift
A sheet of rain blown by the wind.

raindrifts
plural of raindrift

ramkie
An improvised guitar-like string instrument made from a discarded oil can, with or without frets, most commonly with three or four strings made from either fishing line or a bicycle brake wire, originating in the folk music of Southern Africa.

ramkies
plural of ramkie

rannygazoo
Nonsense, deception; foolishness, fuss, exaggeration

raspador
Synonym of reco-reco (“musical instrument”).

raspadores
plural of raspador

raspadors
plural of raspador

rattoner
A ratcatcher.

ravanahatha
An ancient bowed stringed instrument of India, Sri Lanka, and surrounding areas, possibly an ancestor of the violin.

ravanastron
Synonym of ravanahatha.

rawap
a fretless plucked long-necked lute used in Uyghur traditional music

rawaps
plural of rawap

rebab
A stringed musical instrument, related to the lute, used especially in Islamic countries

rebabs
plural of rebab

rebec
An early three-stringed instrument, somewhat like a simple violin only pear shaped, played with a bow and used in Medieval and the early Renaissance eras.

rebeck
Alternative spelling of rebec.

rebecks
plural of rebeck

rebecs
plural of rebec

rebetico
Alternative form of rebetiko.

rebetika
plural of rebetiko

rebetiko
A Greek urban folk song, characterised by lyrics about underworld activity, and played generally on stringed instruments including the bouzouki.
This style of music; such music as a genre.

rechate
Obsolete form of recheat (“hunting signal blown on a horn”).

rechates
plural of rechate

reedmaker
One who manufactures reeds for musical instruments.

reedmakers
plural of reedmaker

reedmaking
The manufacture of reeds for musical instruments.

refrets
plural of refret

regal
Of, pertaining to, or suitable for royalty.
Befitting a monarch.
Befitting a monarch.

regals
plural of regal

reglet
A strip of wood or metal of the height of a quadrat, used for regulating the space between pages in a chase, and also for spacing out title pages and other open matter.
A flat, narrow moulding, used chiefly to separate the parts or members of compartments or panels from one another, or doubled, turned, and interlaced so as to form knots, frets, or other ornaments.

reglets
plural of reglet

rembetika
Alternative spelling of rebetiko.

rembetiko
Alternative form of rebetiko.

reorchestration
Second or subsequent orchestration.

reorchestrations
plural of reorchestration

reorchestrator
One who reorchestrates.

reorchestrators
plural of reorchestrator

repinings
plural of repining

repinique
A two-headed Brazilian drum used in samba ensembles.

repiniques
plural of repinique

repique
In piquet, a bonus of 60 points awarded to a player who scores 30 points during the declaration phase, prior to the opponent scoring anything.

resonator
Any object or system that resonates
A hollow cavity whose dimensions are selected so as to resonate at a specific frequency
A resonant electronic circuit
A type of musical instrument, especially a guitar, that uses spun metal resonator cones to enhance the sound.

resonators
plural of resonator

rhaita
A shawm used as a traditional musical instrument in Morocco.

rhaitas
plural of rhaita

rhomboi
plural of rhombos

rhombos
A musical instrument used in ancient mystical ceremonies, whirled to producing a roaring sound.

rhubab
Alternative spelling of rubab.

rhubabs
plural of rhubab

rhythm
The variation of strong and weak elements (such as duration, accent) of sounds, notably in speech or music, over time; a beat or meter.
A specifically defined pattern of such variation.
A flow, repetition or regularity.
The tempo or speed of a beat, song or repetitive event.
The musical instruments which provide rhythm (mainly; not or less melody) in a musical ensemble.
A regular quantitative change in a variable (notably natural) process.
Controlled repetition of a phrase, incident or other element as a stylistic figure in literature and other narrative arts; the effect it creates.
A person's natural feeling for rhythm.

rhythmi
plural of rhythmus

rhythmicon
An early transposable keyboard instrument capable of playing notes in periodic rhythms proportional to the overtone series of a chosen fundamental pitch.

rhythmicons
plural of rhythmicon

rhythms
plural of rhythm

rhythmus
Obsolete form of rhythm.

rhythmuses
plural of rhythmus

ribibe
A kind of stringed instrument; a rebec or an instrument similar to it.
An old woman.
A bawd; a prostitute.

ribibes
plural of ribibe

riffage
guitar riffs

riglet
rare spelling of reglet

riglets
plural of riglet

rigole
Alternative form of regal (“type of organ”).

rigoles
plural of rigole

rigoll
An old musical instrument consisting of several sticks bound together, but separated by beads, and played with a stick with a ball at its end.

rigolls
plural of rigoll

ripieni
plural of ripieno

ripienist
A musician in the ripieno portion of an orchestra, especially as opposed to a soloist or concertino section.

ripienists
plural of ripienist

ripieno
The part of a concerto grosso in which the ensemble plays together; contrasted with the concertino.
A fruit sorbet stuffed into its own shell, such as limone ripieno. The similar term in French is givré.

ripienos
plural of ripieno

ritornel
Alternative form of ritornello.

ritornell
Alternative form of ritornello.

ritornelle
Alternative form of ritornello.

ritornelles
plural of ritornelle

ritornelli
plural of ritornello

ritornello
A recurring tutti passage in Baroque music for orchestra or chorus.

ritornellos
plural of ritornello

ritornells
plural of ritornell

ritornels
plural of ritornel

robab
Alternative spelling of rubab.

robabs
plural of robab

rocta
Alternative form of rota (“old musical instrument”).

rompler
An electronic musical instrument that generates sounds by replaying samples stored in ROM, unable to synthesize sounds or to record new samples.

romplers
plural of rompler

rondalla
An ensemble of stringed instruments played with the plectrum or pick, originating in medieval Spain.

rondallas
plural of rondalla