“La chitarra” & More Musical Instruments In Italian

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04 February 2026
By Sarah Angela Almaden
Guitar and romantic Italian atmosphere
Unsplash: Gabriella Clare Marino

In Italian culture, there is this old wedding tradition called la serenata and this happens the night before the wedding of the beloved couple. During la serenata or the serenade, the groom sings to the bride, declaring his undying love and affection and all that. His singing is accompanied by the playing of musical instruments or perhaps a modern sound system, to make things easier in this day and age. Of course, this enchanting scene which is reminiscent of a movie, happens by the window or balcony. I mean, could this get any more romantic??!

I guess it’s true what they have been saying for many years, music truly makes the heart beat like a drum…. badum-badum-bam.


English Italian Pronunciation
the celloil violoncelloeel vyo-lohn-chel-loh
the guitarla chitarrala kee-tar-rah
the pianoil pianoforteeel pya-no-for-teh
the organl’organolor-ga-noh
the fluteil flautoeel flaw-toh
the harpl’arpalar-pah
the tubala tubala too-bah
the harmonical'armonicalar-mo-nee-kah
the saxophoneil sassofonoeel sah-soh-foh-noh
the tromboneil tromboneeel trohm-boh-neh
the violinil violinoeel vyo-lee-noh
the drumsla batteriala baht-te-ree-ah
the bassil bassoeel bah-soh
the oboel’oboeloh-boh-eh
the bassoonil fagottoeel fa-goht-toh
the gongil gongeel gong
the accordionla fisarmonicala fee-sar-mo-nee-kah
the hornil cornoeel kor-noh
the clarinetil clarinettoeel klah-ree-net-toh
the mandolinil mandolinoeel mahn-do-lee-noh
the luteil liutoeel lyoo-toh
the electric guitarla chitarra elettricala kee-tar-rah eh-let-tree-kah
the tam-tamil tamtameel tam-tam
the marimbala marimbala ma-reem-bah
the timpanii timpaniee teem-pah-nee
the xylophonelo xilofonoloh zee-loh-foh-noh


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