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Musical Instruments

From the Aeolian harp to the zhonghu, Wolfram|Alpha can answer computational questions about hundreds of familiar and exotic musical instruments. Discover pitch or octave ranges, look up instruments by Hornbostel–Sachs number or compare characteristics of multiple instruments.
Musical Instruments

Look up and compute with data on an instrument's pitch and frequency ranges. Explore an instrument's classification.

Get information about an instrument:

clarinet
snare drum
what is a dizi?

Compare instruments:

compare violin and trumpet
cello, bass guitar, acoustic guitar
grand piano vs. guzheng
bagpipe vs. sitar

Find properties of an instrument:

What frequencies can a violin sound?
octave range of a piano
pitch range of oboe vs clarinet
frequency of an electric guitar

Find the Hornbostel–Sachs classification hierarchy of a musical instrument:

Hornbostel–Sachs classification of a sousaphone
Hornbostel–Sachs classification of a bodhran
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