Electric instrument
An electric musical instrument is one in which the use of electric devices determines or affects the sound produced by an instrument.[1] It is also known as an amplified musical instrument due to the common utilization of an electronic instrument amplifier to project the intended sound as determined by electronic signals from the mechanical instrument. This is not the same as an electronic musical instrument, which uses entirely electronic means to both create and control sound.
As of 2008, most electric or amplified musical instruments are electric versions of chordophones (including pianos, guitars and violins); an exception is the varitone, an amplified saxophone (part of the aerophone family) that was first introduced by The Selmer Company in 1965.
List of electric instruments
- Chapman Stick
- Clavinet
- Console steel guitar
- Daxophone
- Denis d'or
- Electric banjo
- Electric bass
- Electric cello
- Electric guitar (see also: guitar amplifier)
- Electric harp
- Electric mandolin
- Electric organ
- Electric piano
- Electric saxophone
- Electric sitar
- Electric thumb piano
- Electric trumpet
- Electric trombone
- Electric upright bass
- Electric viola
- Electric violin
- Gittler guitar
- Gravikord
- Harpejji
- Kiboe
- Moodswinger
- Pedal steel guitar
- Pencilina
- Piano Bass
- Prepared piano
- Prepared guitar
- Rhodes piano
- Semi-acoustic guitar
- Subcontrabass guitar
- Tailed bridge guitar
- Tapboard
- Third bridge guitar
See also
Notes
- ↑ "Electric Musical Instruments." In The Oxford Dictionary of Music, 2nd ed. rev., edited by Michael Kennedy.