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What instruments did the medieval play?

* Lute: A stringed instrument with a pear-shaped body and a long neck.

* Harp: A stringed instrument with a triangular frame and multiple strings.

* Fiddle: A stringed instrument with a body resembling a figure-eight and a bowed neck.

* Recorder: A woodwind instrument with a cylindrical body and a mouthpiece with a fipple.

* Flute: A woodwind instrument with a cylindrical body and a mouthpiece with an end-blown edge.

* Shawm: A double-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body and a bell.

* Bagpipe: A wind instrument consisting of a leather bag, one or more chanters, and drones.

* Drum: A percussion instrument consisting of a stretched skin over a hollow body.

* Cymbals: A percussion instrument consisting of two thin, round metal plates that are clashed together.

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