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List of medieval musical instruments

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David playing the harp, accompanied by clappers/cymbals on stick, plucked-fiddle. c. 795, Germany/France.

This is a list of medieval musical instruments used in European music during the Medieval period.

Percussion

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String instruments

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Fiddle and harp, 11th century Europe
Fiddle, Theodore Psalter, 11th century A.D., Byzantium
Fiddle from Theodore Psalter, folio 191R, 11th century A.D., Byzantine Empire
Harp from Theodore Psalter, 11th century A.D., Byzantine Empire
Harp from Theodore Psalter, 11th century A.D., Byzantine Empire
Artist's rendering of a medieval harp

Wind instruments

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References

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