BAS (SOFT, INDOOR)
-dulcimer: a box over wires are stretched and played by hammers or plucked
-lute: ancestor of guitar, rounder, quieter than guitar, accompanying vocals
-recorder: a wooden tube with mouthpiece at one end, usually in consort, ancestor of flute
-psaltery: similar to dulcimer, board with string stretched across and pegged on either end, can be plucked by hand or plectrum
-rebec: ancestor of violin, uses a bow, different shape (pear shaped), held in lap
-vielle: looks like a rebec, bowed string instruments, used only for fold music
-Medieval pipe: ancestor of penny whistle or tin whistle, little pipe
-lute: ancestor of guitar, rounder, quieter than guitar, accompanying vocals
-recorder: a wooden tube with mouthpiece at one end, usually in consort, ancestor of flute
-psaltery: similar to dulcimer, board with string stretched across and pegged on either end, can be plucked by hand or plectrum
-rebec: ancestor of violin, uses a bow, different shape (pear shaped), held in lap
-vielle: looks like a rebec, bowed string instruments, used only for fold music
-Medieval pipe: ancestor of penny whistle or tin whistle, little pipe
HAUT (LOUD, OUTDOOR)
-shawm: ancestor of oboe, double reed (bigger), looks like a clarinet, made of wood
-cornetto: translate to horn, ancestor oboe, no reed
-crumhorn: ancestor of bassoon, low pitch, J shape, double reed
-sackbut: ancestor of trombone, brass, slide mechanism
-cornetto: translate to horn, ancestor oboe, no reed
-crumhorn: ancestor of bassoon, low pitch, J shape, double reed
-sackbut: ancestor of trombone, brass, slide mechanism
PERCUSSION
-tambourine
-nakers: pair of small drums, different pitches, ancestor of timpani, played with mallet
-tabor: single drum, small, had a snare (beads on bottom of drum)
-nakers: pair of small drums, different pitches, ancestor of timpani, played with mallet
-tabor: single drum, small, had a snare (beads on bottom of drum)
STRINGED
-viol: fretted stringed instruments
-guitarra moresca: moorish guitar (north africa)
-guitarra moresca: moorish guitar (north africa)
TERMS
-consort: multiple sizes of the same instrument