Karin Aus LI11a inseparable from cultural tradition a sonic toy a signal information Estonian ethnomusicologist Herbert Tampere (19091975) categorised musical instruments: 1) traditional instruments 2) popular instruments wind instruments (puhkpillid) stringed instruments (keelpillid) bellows instruments (lõõtspillid) percussion instruments (löökpillid) Flute type wind instruments Willow bark (pajupill) Pine shoot (vilepill) Clarinet type wind instruments Bagpipe Reed pipe (roopill) Trumpet type wind instruments
Musical instruments and music making are inseparable from cultural tradition. A musical instrument developed musical capacities of children as a sonic toy. It served hunters and herdsmen as a vital tool, that affected the catch or wellbeing of the village herd. It was often used to signal information. Making music provides a human being feelings of relaxation and aesthetic enjoyment. Musical instruments have accompanied important ritual practices but provided also music for dance. Estonian ethnomusicologist Herbert Tampere (19091975) categorised musical instruments according to their function into two main groups: 1) traditional instruments instruments created by the folk, and instruments of professional origin that people use traditionally while developing them spontaneously (e.g. kannel, bagpipe, mouth harp); 2) popular instruments instruments of professional music that have entered folk tradition, that is factory productions not evolved the people (e.g. violin, quitar).