Air Instrument
In the context of musical performance, air instruments are imaginary musical instruments for which people mimic the sound-producing gestures in the air without touching any real instruments. Air instruments include:
- air guitar - for electric guitar or acoustic guitar;
- air bass - for bass guitar;
- air drums - for snare drums, bongos or bass drum, or most commonly air drum set often with double bass pedals ;
- air keyboards - such as air piano for piano;
- air violin - for violin or cello;
- air flute - for flute (or piccolo);
- air xylophone - for the xylophone;
- air trumpet - for trumpet (as opposed to car/boat air trumpet horns);
- air trombone - for trombone.
There are other air instruments as well.
Read more about Air Instrument: Origins, Air Bass, Air Drums, Air Piano, Air Violin
Famous quotes containing the words air and/or instrument:
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Of life be kindled, I doubt,
With our last air ‘twill be breath’d out,
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