Musical instrument Musical instrument A musical instrument is an instrument created or adapted to make musical sounds. In principle, any object that produces sound can be considered a musical instrument—it is through purpose that the object becomes a musical instrument. The history of musical instruments dates to the beginnings of human culture. Early musical instruments may have been used for ritual, such as a trumpet to signal success on the hunt, or a drum in a religious ceremony. Cultures eventually developed composition and performance of melodies for entertainment. Musical instruments evolved in step with changing applications. The date and origin of the
English terms with diacritical marks associated with specific fields (especially cooking or musical terms) are less likely to lose their accents (such as the French "soupçon", "façade" and "entrée"). Some Spanish words with the Spanish letter "ñ" have been naturalised by substituting English "ny" (e.g. Spanish "cañón" is now usually English "canyon", Spanish "piñón" is now usually English "pinyon pine"). Certain words like "piñata", "jalapeño" and "quinceañera" are usually kept intact. In many instances the "ñ" is replaced with the plain letter "n". In words of German origin, the letters with umlauts "ä, ö, ü" may be written "ae, oe, ue". This could be seen