
You'll play it just by strumming, though! Meaning "jumping flea" in Hawaiian, the ukulele is like a pint-sized guitar that's plucked and strummed. You'll play it here with an equally folksy technique: simply strum! To flow in some phrases, make drumming motions!Īn acoustic guitar isn't amped up, which is why it produces such sweet, folksy notes. Concert musicians play several to make a few notes your drumming will make a wider note range!Ĭheck it out, yo! The rhythm and rhymes of rapping have had a huge impact on modern music. These drums consist of a plastic skin over copper bowls.

So, why not bring meowing into your music here? Simply paw to meow! In Wii Music, you can add barking to your tunes by simply pawing the air!Ĭats gave the world their high-pitched soprano voices long before the first opera. Sometimes a dog bark beats the whole world of music for sheer enthusiasm. In Jam mode, however, you can play a range of notes with only two handbells! But you can still play it here with simple hammering motions!Ī handbell produces only one pitch, so a tune must be played by an ensemble. Made from an oil drum, this instrument is unlike most drums because it plays specific notes. Use the Wii Remote and Nunchuck like mallets to strike up a vibrating tune! Metal tubes under metal keys give this percussion instrument its unique sound. All you need to do to produce its rich range of sound is make mallet motions! The marimba has dozens of wood bars that vibrate when hit with mallets. You'll play it here with hammering movements! The dulcimer's strings, stretched over a sounding board, produce bright notes when struck with small mallets. You'll only need to make piano-playing motions, fortunately! The harp is one of the oldest known instruments, and a concert harp has nearly 50 strings.

You'll still play it like a piano, so hammer away! Harpsichords give a richer sound than pianos because their internal strings are plucked, not hammered. You'll still play it here like a piano: hammer away as if hitting keys! Inside a toy piano, hammers strike metal rods instead of strings, making tinny noises. How could the rich range of the piano ever be topped? The galaxy's greatest engineers tackled this challenge and created this perfect piano just for you! But you only need to hammer your hands up and down to produce a wide range of notes! The game features a total of 66 different instruments, from the traditional to the bizarre.Įighty-eight keys make hammers strike separate strings inside a piano. This is a list of instruments in Wii Music.
