| Woodwind instruments |
| English | French | German | Italian | Russian | Spanish |
| wind instruments | instruments à vent | Blasinstrumenten | strumenti a fiato | dukhovye instrumenty | instrumentos de viento |
| woodwind instruments | les bois; instruments à vent en bois | Holzblasinstrumente | legno | dereviannye dukhovye instrumenty | instrumentos de madera |
| reeds | anches | | | trosti | |
| double reeds | anches doubles | | | double reeds | |
flute see also
When is a flute not a flute | flûte;
grande flûte;
flûte traversière | Flöte; Querflöte | flauto | fleita | flauta |
| oboe | hautbois | Oboe | oboe | goboi | oboe |
| clarinet | clarinette | Klarinette | clarinetto | klarnet | clarinete |
| bass clarinet | clarinette basse | Bassklarinette | clarinetto basso | bass-klarnet | clarinete bajo |
| bassoon | basson | Fagott | fagotto | fagot | fagot(e) |
| English horn | cor anglais | Englischhorn | corno inglese | angliiskii rozhok | corno/cuerno inglés |
recorder see also
When is a flute not a flute | flûte à bec;
flûte douce/droite | Blockflöte | flauto dolce/
dritto/a becco | blokfleita | flauta recta/
dulce/de pico |
| saxophone | saxophone | Saxophon | sassofono; saxofono | saksofon | saxofón; saxofóno |
| piccolo | piccolo; flûte piccolo;
petite flûte | Pikkoloflöte; Piccolo;
kleine Flöte | ottavino;
flauto piccolo | pikkolo; malaia fleita;
fleita pikkolo | flautín; ottavino |
| oboe d'amore | hautbois d'amore;
hautbois d'amour | Liebesoboe | oboe d'amore | goboi d'amur | oboe de amor |
| Brass instruments |
| English | French | German | Italian | Russian | Spanish |
| brass instruments | instruments à vent de cuivre; cuivres | Blechblasinstrumente | ottone | mednye dukhovye instrumenty | instrumentos de metal/
cobre; instrumentos de viento-metal; metales |
| horn | cor | Horn | corno | Gorn; rog; rozhok
Also valtorna, which is natural or hunting horn, also used for "French" horn | corno; corno francés;
trompa (da pistones); cuerno |
| natural horn | cor simple | Waldhorn | corno naturale | valtorna | trompa natural |
| trumpet | trompette | Trompete | tromba; clarino | truba | trompeta |
| cornet | cornet (à pistons) | Kornett | cornetta | kornet | corneta |
| flugelhorn | | Flügelhorn | flicorno | fliugel'gorn | fliscorno |
| trombone | trombone | Posaune | trombone | trombon | trombón |
| bass trombone | basse-trombone;
trombone basse | Bass Posaune | trombono basso | bas trombon | trombón bajo |
| tuba | tuba | Tuba | tuba | tuba | tuba |
| baritone | baryton; bariton | Bariton | baritono | bariton | barítono |
| euphonium | euphonium | Euphonium | eufonio | evfonium | euphonium |
| Stringed instruments |
| English | French | German | Italian | Russian | Spanish |
| string instruments | instrument à cordes;
instrument à cordes frottées | Saiteninstrumente | strumenti a corda;
strumenti archi | strunnye instrumenty | instrumentos de cuerdas |
| strings | cordes | Streicher | archi | struny | cuerdas |
| violin | violon | Violine; Geige | violino | skripka | violín |
| viola | alto | Viola; Viole; Bratsche | viola | viola | viola |
| violoncello | violoncelle | Violoncello; Cello | violoncello | violonchel' | violoncelo; cello;
violonchelo |
| double bass; string bass | contrebasse | Kontrabass | contrabasso | kontrabas | contrabajo |
| viola da gamba | viole de gambe;
viola da gamba | Viola da gamba;
Gambe | viola da gamba | viola da gamba;
gamba | viola de gamba;
viola da gamba |
| viola d'amore | viole d'amour | Viola d'amore;
Liebesgeige | viola d'amore | viola d'amur | viola d'amore |
| Plucked instruments |
| English | French | German | Italian | Russian | Spanish |
| plucked instruments | instruments à cordes pincées | Zupfinstrumente | strumenti a pizzico | shchipkovye instrumenty | instrumentos punteados |
| cimbalom | cymbalum | Zymbal | | | |
| guitar | guitare | Gitarre | chitarra | gitara | guitarra |
| harp | harpe | Harfe | arpa | arfa | arpa |
| lute | luth | Laute | liuto | liutnia | laúd |
| mandolin | mandoline | Mandoline | mandolino | mandolina | mandolina |
| zither | cithare | Zither | cetra da tavolo | tsitra | cítara |
| Keyboard instruments |
| English | French | German | Italian | Russian | Spanish |
| keyboard instrument | instrument à clavier | Tasteninstrumente | strumenti a tastiera | klavishnyi instrument | instrumentos de tecla |
| accordion | accordéon | Akkordeon | fisarmonica | akkordeon | acordeón |
| bayan | | Bajan | bayan, fisarmonica bayan | baian | |
| celesta | célesta | Celesta | celesta | chelesta | celesta |
| clavichord | clavicorde | Clavichord; Klavichord | clavicordo | klavikord | clavicordio |
continuo;
thorough-bass | basse continue | Generalbass;
Basso continuo | basso continuo | basso kontinuo;
general-bas | bajo continuo |
| harpsichord | clavecin | Cembalo; Clavicembalo | clavicembalo | klavesin; chembalo | clavecémbalo; clavecín;
clavicímbalo |
| organ | orgue | Orgel | organo | organ | órgano |
| piano | piano | Piano; Klavier | piano | fortep'iano | piano |
| Percussion instruments |
| English | French | German | Italian | Russian | Spanish |
| percussion instruments | instruments à percussion | Schlaginstrumente;
Perkussionsinstrumente | strumenti a percussione | udarnye instrumenty | instrumentos de percusión |
| bass drum | grosse caisse | Grosse Trommel | cassa; grancassa;
gran cassa | bol'shoi baraban | bombo |
| castenets | castagnettes | Kastagnetten | castagnette | kastan'ety | castañuelas |
| cowbells | cloches à vache | | | caubel | |
| cymbals | cymbales | Becken | piatti | tarelki | cimbalos |
| drum | tambour | Trommel | tamburo | baraban | tambor |
| glockenspiel | glockenspiel; jeu de timbres | Glockenspiel | glockenspiel;
metallofono; campanelli | kolokol'chiki | campanólogo; juego
de timbres/órgano de
campanas |
| marimba | marimba | Marimbaphon | marimba | marimba | marimba |
| rattle | crécelle | Ratsche, Knarre, Schnarre | raganella | treshchotka | carraca, matraca |
| snare drum | caisse claire | Leinentrommel | tamburo rullante;
tamburo militare;
rullante | frantsuzskii baraban | tambor afinable/con tensores |
| tenor drum | caisse roulante | Rührtrommel;
Wirbeltrommel;
Tenortrommel | cassa rullante;
tamburino | tsilindricheskii baraban | redoblante |
| tambourine | tambourin | Tamburin | tamburello | buben | pandereta |
| timpani | timbales | Pauken | timpano | litavra | timbal |
| tubular bells | cloches tubulaires | Rohrenglocke | campane tubolari | trubchatye kolokola | campanas tubulares |
| xylophone | xylophone | Xylophon | xilofono | ksilofon | xilofón; xilofóno |
| Electronic instruments |
| English | French | German | Italian | Russian | Spanish |
| electronic instruments | | | | electronnye instrumenty | |
| computer | ordinateur | Computerklänge | | kompiuter | |
| ondes martenot | ondes martenot | | | | |
| synthesizer | synthétiseur | | sintetizzatore | sintezator | |
| tape | bande | Tonbande; Zuspielband | nastro | magnitofonnaia lenta | banda |
| Other instruments |
| English | French | German | Italian | Russian | Spanish |
| dulcimer (hammered) | | Hackbrett | salterio | tsimbaly | dulcema |
| harmonica | harmonica | Mundharmonika | | gubnaia garmoshika | |
| Instrumental ensembles |
| English | French | German | Italian | Russian | Spanish |
| instrumental ensembles | ensembles instrumentaux | | | | |
| band | orchestre d'instruments à vent; orchestre à vent;
harmonie de concert; harmonie; orchestre d'harmonie | Blasorchester | orchestra di strumenti a fiato | dukhovoi orkestr | orquesta de vientos |
| brass band | fanfare | | | | |
| chamber orchestra | orchestre de chambre | Kammerorchester | orchestra da camera | kamernyi orkestr | orquesta de cámara |
| string orchestra | orchestre à cordes | Streichorchester | orchestra d'archi | strunnyi orkestr | orquesta de cuerdas |
| orchestra | orchestre | Orchester | orchestra | orkestr | orquesta |
| Voices |
| English | French | German | Italian | Russian | Spanish |
| voice | voix | Stimme | voce | golos | voz |
| soprano | soprano, dessus | Sopran | soprano | soprano | soprano |
male alto/low
soprano | bas-dessus | | | | |
| mezzo soprano | mezzo-soprano | Mezzosopran | mezzosoprano | metstsosoprano/
metso-soprano | mezzo-soprano |
| alto; contralto | alto; contralto | Alt | contralto | al't; kontral'to | contralto |
| tenor | ténor, taille | Tenor | tenore | tenor | tenor |
| baritone | baryton; bariton | Bariton | baritono | bariton | barítono |
| bass baritone | basse taille | | | | |
| bass | basse | Bass | basso | bas | bajo |
| counter tenor | contre-ténor;
haute-contre | Contratenor | controtenore | kontratenor | contratenor |
| high voice | haut | hohe | acuto | vysokaia | agudo |
| medium voice | médium; moyen | mittlere | medio | sredniaia | medio |
| low voice | grave | tiefe | grave | nizkaia | grave |
| Vocal ensembles |
| English | French | German | Italian | Russian | Spanish |
| vocal ensembles | ensembles vocaux | | | | |
| chorus | chœur | Chor | coro | khor | coro |
| mixed voices | voix mixtes | Stimmen gemischte | voci miste | smeshannye golosa | voces mixtas |
| women's voices | chœur de femmes | Frauenchor;
Frauenstimme | coro femminile | zhenskii khor | coro femenino |
| men's voices | chœur d'hommes | Männerchor;
Männerstimme | coro maschile | muzhskoi khor | coro masculino;
choro de hombres |
| children's voices | chœur d'enfants | Kinderchor | voci bianche | detskii khor | coro infantil;
coro de niños |
| equal voices | voix égales | Stimmen gleiche | voci pari | odnorodnye golosa | voces iguales |
