Sentence examples for popular instrument from inspiring English sources

"The guitar is Britain's most popular instrument," observes Edgar-Jones, who is a player himself.

"The accordion is the most popular instrument in China," Ms. Mancini said.

It's worth remembering that the accordion was once the most popular instrument in America.

Just look at what's available to players of the country's most popular instrument, the guitar.

But they are also musicians and know how difficult it is to tune a lute, a popular instrument in Lebanon.

Copland's "Ukulele Serenade," from 1926, upgrades the popular instrument of the time with pizzicato imitations, jazz flourishes and ambiguous harmonic bite.

This evidence accords with the fact that most music, even purely instrumental music, is composed within the human vocal range, and some popular instruments (e.g., the violin) bear a timbral resemblance to the human voice [31].

Lutes were the Stratocasters of the Renaissance — the most popular instruments of their day.

Other popular instruments include four-string acoustic bass guitars, tambourines, drums, and small guitars called requintos.

Theirs are the most popular instruments in the world, used by country crooners, gothic rockers, and African soukous players alike.

The New Yorker, June 23 , 1928P. 7 Piano-accordions and musical saws will soon be the popular instruments.