Musical Instrument Reference
- From MusicArrangers.com. Resource for teachers and students. Modern musical instruments, transposition, concert pitch and best sounding range.
Taxonomy of Musical Instruments, by Henry Doktorsi
- Chart based on a 1914 scheme by Sachs and von Hornbostel classifies orchestral, folk, and electronic instruments into families. A second chart maps the free-reed family, which includes harmonicas and concertinas, supported by a scholarly history of free-reeds.
Mechanical Music Digest - Moderated forum about musical instruments that play themselves. Published daily on the Internet and distributed primarily by e-mail.
Music Gear Review - Gear news, reviews, tablature and shopping. Covers guitars, basses, drums, keyboards, PA systems, effects pedals, amplifiers, software, accessories.
Music X - Hundreds of tabs (tablatures) for drum, bass and guitar for alternative, metal and rock music. MP3 files, links and site reviews, how to read tabs.
Musical Instruments – The Metropolitan Museum of Art - The Met presents an international array of musical instruments of historical, technical, and social importance, as well as tonal and visual beauty, from accordions to zithers.
Musiciansnews.com - News for musicians about instruments, artists and competitions.
Pro-Music-News - News from the music industry and professional recording and P.A. technology and well as keyboards and percussion product news. [English/Deutsch]
Reiko Obata's Koto Home Page - Reiko Obata performs traditional and contemporary Japanese koto music. The site includes sounds and descriptions of the koto, shakuhachi and shamisen.