Musical Instruments Vocabulary


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Vocabulary

  • accordion, drum, flute, guitar, harp, keyboard, piano, saxophone, tambourine, trumpet, violin, xylophone

Learn musical instruments vocabulary in English

Music is a group of sounds that people have arranged in a pleasing way. If you sing or whistle, you are making music. Things that we can use to produce music are called musical instruments. A musical instrument may be as large as a piano or as small as a flute. There are countless musical instruments used around the world. Some are more popular than others. Here you will find examples.

This part of our picture dictionary presents some English words we use to talk about musical instruments. You can hear them pronounced by clicking on the pictures. How many of these words do you know?

You can practise your new words with the help of our resources, too! Choose from fun games to play online and activities to download and print.


Musical Instruments

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Musical instruments in English: accordion
Picture dictionary for kids: accordion
Musical instruments in English: drum
Picture dictionary for kids: drum
Musical instruments in English: flute
Picture dictionary for kids: flute
Musical instruments in English: guitar
Picture dictionary for kids: guitar
Musical instruments in English: harp
Picture dictionary for kids: harp
Musical instruments in English: keyboard
Picture dictionary for kids: keyboard
Musical instruments in English: piano
Picture dictionary for kids: piano
Musical instruments in English: saxophone
Picture dictionary for kids: saxophone
Musical instruments in English: tambourine
Picture dictionary for kids: tambourine
Musical instruments in English: trumpet
Picture dictionary for kids: trumpet
Musical instruments in English: violin
Picture dictionary for kids: violin
Musical instruments in English: xylophone
Picture dictionary for kids: xylophone