Harmonica care Do not eat or drink while playing your harmonica and clean your mouth thoroughly before playing. Gently tap the harmonica every after playing to remove excess saliva and keep it in a box or case when not in use to avoid accumulation of dirt. Lastly, never share your harmonica with other people. It is longer than the modern piano and has a sharper curve. Structure The harpsichord has 6 main parts harpsichord interior, lid stick, music desk, casing, keyboard, and lid. The harpsichord s interior contains the strings that are amplified to produce sound. The lid is the panel that protects the interior from dust while the lid stick is the wooden stick that holds the lid open when the instrument is being played. It was primarily constructed from a horn of a young bull and was played for military functions or for hunting. It is also considered as a predecessor of the contemporary flugelhorn. Some ancestors of the bugle are the Pless horn or Prince Pless horn, the bugle horn, and the post horn. Originally, bugles had a coil-shape alike with the French horn and were for communication in hunts and for announcements. Different playing styles A few guitar styles aside from the regular guitar playing are bluegrass playing, blues, jazz, big band, lap style, flamenco, and classical playing. A guitar style has a suitable type of guitar. Smaller guitars made of mahogany are very good for blues while nylon string guitars made with rosewood are for classical playing. In the book entitled The Art of Snare drumming by Sanford Moeller, it is said that studying military drumming is needed to be familiar with the nature of the snare drum because its true character is as a military instrument. This is called Moeller Method of drumming. The snare drum was commonly used to relay orders to soldiers such as for meal assemblies, wake-up calls, and quarter lineups. It is an instrument with a history of greater than four centuries. Together with the flute, oboe, English horn, clarinet, and contrabassoon, it covers the role of the bass and tenor instrument of the orchestra. Bassoon history The 16th century ancestor of the bassoon was given many names: fagot for the French, dulcian for the Germans, bajon for the Spanish, curtal for the English, and fagotto for the Italians.