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Rock and jazz instruments

Pick an instrument and read its story – then add your comment or describe your own instrument.

Electric guitarElectric guitarThe instrument that built rock and roll – from the jazz big bands of the 1930s to stadium guitar solos.Read the entry →Bass guitarBass guitarThe foundation of the band: it links the drums’ rhythm with the harmony. The invention that freed bassists from the…Read the entry →Drum kitDrum kitSeveral drums and cymbals played by one person – an invention of jazz without which there would be no rock.Read the entry →PianoPianoAn instrument that can play both softly and with power – from Komeda and Monk to Elton John and Freddie…Read the entry →Hammond organHammond organIt was meant to be a cheap alternative to church organs – and became the voice of soul jazz and…Read the entry →SaxophoneSaxophoneMade of brass, yet a woodwind. The voice of jazz – from Charlie Parker to Coltrane.Read the entry →TrumpetTrumpetThe loudest voice in the band – Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis and Tomasz Stańko showed it can whisper too.Read the entry →Double bassDouble bassThe largest bowed string instrument – in jazz it is plucked with the fingers and plays the walking bass the…Read the entry →
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