Music

Crumhorn

A woodwind instrument with a double reed and a curving tube (crooked horn).

Cornett

A wooden instrument, lip vibrated with finger holes and cup shaped mouthpiece.

Recorder

Woodwind musical instrument.

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Musicians in Renaissance Art

Madrigal-A Tune with Multiple Parts to Create Harmony

Hurdy Gurdy

A musical instrument that makes music by rotation of a cylinder studded with pegs.

Sackbut

The word sacbut literally means "push-pull."  It is an early form of trombone.

Lute

A plucked string insturment with a long neck bearing frets and a rounded body with a flat front.  More music was written for the lute than for any other instrument.