Illustrated Musical Instruments Vocabulary

Twenty common words used to describe musical instruments. Below the image are example sentences for each word. You can download this image as an A4/A3 wall poster from our free ESL posters page.

musical instruments vocabulary

Vocabulary in context

Below, you see the musical instruments words used in example sentences
  • accordion: The man was standing on the pavement, playing his accordion.
  • acoustic guitar: Tom enjoys playing the acoustic guitar in his spare time.
  • banjo: I would love to learn how to play the banjo.
  • bugle: The musician put the bugle to his mouth and started to play.
  • cello: The cello is the largest of all stringed instruments.
  • clarinet: Anna plays the clarinet very well.
  • drum kit: I could hear him playing on his drum kit from the other side of the building.
  • electric bass: The sound of the electric bass was loud, deep, and clear.
  • electric guitar: Fred plugged his electric guitar into the wall and got ready to start playing.
  • electric keyboard: Mary stood at the electric keyboard, playing a tune.
  • flute: The sound of Alice’s flute was delicate and sweet.
  • French horn: She has been playing the French horn since she was a child.
  • harp: The musician was sitting at her harp, playing a beautiful melody.
  • melodion: Sid put the melodion on the table and started to play.
  • piano: There was a man playing the piano in the corner of the bar.
  • saxophone: Gary plays the saxophone in a popular jazz band.
  • trombone: I listened to the musician playing his trombone.
  • trumpet: We were woken by the sound of our neighbour practising his trumpet.
  • tuba: The tuba is the largest of all brass instruments.
  • violin: I put the violin to my chin and started to play.