Parts The many parts of the sitar are the kuntis or tuning pegs, drone strings, tumba or gourd, baj tar or playing string, tarafdar or sympathetic strings, dandi or neck, parda or frets, gulu or cowl, ghoraj or bridge, tuning beads, tabkandi or face plate, and kaddu or resonator. Playing the sitar The instrument should be placed between the player s right knee and left foot with the left leg under the former. It is more commonly referred by pipers as pipes . You might be familiar with the Irish uilleann pipes or the Scottish great highland bagpipe but there are also varieties of bagpipes coming from regions all around the Persian Gulf, Northern Africa, and Europe. Origin The roots of the bagpipes could be dug up to the ancient times. Parts The basic parts of the snare drum are the rim, head, drumsticks, snare switch, tension screws, snares, and stand. The rim is the circular edge or lining where the head and other parts of the snare drum are attached. The head is the stretched animal skin or mylar plastic which produces sound when struck with the drumsticks. These are the contrabass trombone, bass trombone, tenor trombone, alto trombone, soprano trombone, and sopranino and piccolo trombones. Playing the trombone There are seven possible positions of the trombone. To vary the pitch, the player adjusts the lip shape. The contracting or relaxing of ones lips changes the sound produced by the trombone. Aside from composing music and creating the tuba, Wagner also increased the significance of woodwinds in the orchestra. He broke the brass section into four divisions. The first section is a brass trumpet with three trumpets; the second is a bass tuba with three trombones; third, four French horns; last is four tubas. They were also included in the opera of Richard Strauss entitled Salome specifically in the Dance of the Seven Veils. It was given a solo by a few musicians such as Helmut Timpelan, a German composer, and Jos de Udaeta, a castanet maestro. Playing the castanets Traditionally, a castanet player holds one set of castanets on each hand.