Musical instruments
Let's write about musical instruments:
post a picture with musical instrument on it,
write a sentence about that musical instrument (on Spanish and English).
*For example:
I would love to learn to play guitar. / Me gustaría aprender a tocar la guitarra.
15 Answers
Las claves son la base del ritmo de la música cubana, como el son y el guaguancó.
Claves are the basis of the rhythm of Cuban music, such as the son and guaguancó.
El octabajo es el instrumento que produce los sonidos musicales más graves de todo el espectro audible por el ser humano, y por ende de todos los instrumentos existentes en el mundo.
The octobass is the instrument that produces the lowest musical sounds of the entire audible spectrum for humans, and therefore of all existing instruments in the world.
I love to play soft music on my piano. I am trying to learn how to play the violin and guitar.
Me encanta tocar música suave en mi piano. Estoy tratando de aprendar a tocar el violín y la guitarra.
The trumpet is an instrument used to herald great things.
La trompeta es un instrumento que está utilizado para anunciar cosas grandes.
Por lo menos una vez al mes toco el piano en una banda grande.
At least once a month I play piano in a big band.
I love playing the piano, I have played it for fourteen years. Me encanta tocar el piano, lo he jugado durante catorce años.
glockenspiel - Basically a xylophone.It has no sharps or flat notes.( except on the most complex ones).
El guitarrón es el instrumento tocado por los conjuntos mariachi tomando el lugar del bajo tradicional, pero con seis cuerdas gruesas en vez de las cuatro normales.
El guitarrón is the instrument played by mariachi bands taking the place of the tradicional base, but with six thick strings rather than the usual four.
¿Has visto hombres tocando el arpa?
Have you ever seen men playing the harp?
Gaitas se usan frecuentemente para tocar la música de Galicia, Espania. My father told me about people playing Bagpipes in his hometown of Ourense, Spain. I always wondered why they adopted such an odd instrument ?.
Gaiterios en Espania
Fife (frula) is a wind instrument popular in the Balcan region.
Pífano es un instrumento de viento que es popular en región de los Balcanes.
"The Mexican guitarrón is an instrument played by mariachi bands taking the place of the traditional bass, but with six thick strings rather than the usual four."
The Chilean guitarrón has 25 strings, the six stringed versions are also played in Argentine, Uruguayan and even American music.
Bagpipes are often use to play Scottish or Irish music.
Gaitas se usan frecuentemente para tocar la música escocesa o la música irlandesa.
Toco la flauta y las flautas dulces. Me parece este hombre pero no soy él en la foto.
I play the flute and recorders. This man looks like me but I am not he.
Clarinet - el clarinete
I wanted to play the flute in school, but ended up playing the clarinet because we already had one at the house.
Quería tocar la flauta en la escuela, pero acabo tocando el clarinete porque ya teníamos uno a la casa.
