The document describes several ancient musical instruments including the aulos, a Greek wind instrument; the lyre, a string instrument used in Greek antiquity; and the cornetto, an ancestor of the trumpet made from wood or animal horns. It also mentions plucked string instruments like the lute and theorbo as well as brass instruments like the natural trumpet without valves, and keyboard instruments such as the harpsichord. Additionally, it provides brief descriptions of woodwind instruments like the shawm, serpent, and natural horn as well as bowed string instruments including the viola da braccio and viola da gamba.

1. ANCIENT INSTRUMENTS
CAITLYN ROBERSON

2. AULOS
 An aulos or tibia was an ancient Greek wind instrument, depicted often in art and also attested by
archaeology
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3. LYRE
 a string instrument known for its use in Greek classical antiquity and later.

4. CORNETTO
 ancestor of trumpet, outdoor instrument
developed from cow horn, then wood.
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5. SACKBUT
 Early trombone, used in sacred and secular music, accompaniment for plainsong and singing of chorales
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6. LUTE
 Pear shaped instrument with 6-20 strings, "instrument of a gentlemen, portable, long neck which is bent
at the end at a right angle,

7. THEORBO
 plucked string instrument capable of producing chords as well as a bass line.

8. NATURAL TRUMPET
 A long, double-folded trumpet without valves.
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9. HARPSICHORD
 A Baroque instrument in which the strings are plucked instead of being struck with hammers, like
a piano.

10. SHAWM
 Medieval ancestor of oboe, that has a double reed
produces a shrill nasal tone
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11. SERPENT
 The serpent is a bass wind instrument that is a distant ancestor of the modern tuba.

12. VIOLA DA BRACCIO
 any bowed stringed instrument of the 16th and 17th centuries played on the shoulder such as a violin.

13. VIOLA DA GAMBA
 A bowed instrument held between the legs, having 6 or 7 gut strings and movable gut frets. A member
of the family of viols that pre-dated the modern violin family.
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14. NATURAL HORN
 The simplest form of the horn consisting of a tapering brass tube with mouthpiece and bell curved upon
itself and without keys or valves and producing only those tones appearing in the harmonic series.