Air instrument

In the context of musical performance, air instruments refers to the miming of sound-producing-gestures used in playing musical instruments. Simply put, air instruments are imaginary.^[1]^[2] Examples of air instruments include but are not limited to:^[1]^[2]

air guitar – for electric guitar or acoustic guitar;
air bass – for bass guitar;^[2]
air drums – for snare drums, bongos or bass drum, or most commonly air drum set often with double bass pedals;
air keyboards – such as air piano for piano;
air violin – for violin or cello;^[2]
air flute – for flute (or piccolo);
air xylophone – for the xylophone;
air trumpet – for trumpet (as opposed to car/boat air trumpet horns);
air trombone – for trombone.

^ ^a ^b Rolf Godøy1 et al., "Playing 'Air Instruments'...", 2006 (see: References).
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Steven Appleby et al., Better Living Through Air Guitar, 2005.

[UOslo-1] Rolf Godøy1 et al., "Playing 'Air Instruments'...", 2006 (see: References).

[BL-2] Steven Appleby et al., Better Living Through Air Guitar, 2005.

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