There are two primary body styles for contemporary instruments: guitar-bodied and lute-backed.

Some information about how music sounded in the past can be obtained from contemporary mechanical instruments.

Beyond that distance, parallaxes are so small than they cannot be measured with contemporary instruments.

So-called "Fakeloric" performers, who play stylized songs and repertoire on contemporary instruments.

The result is cleaner, brighter performances, often on contemporary instruments.

Thomas Wilbrandt has the unique ability to visualise the orchestra as one single complex contemporary instrument.

Like in the band's recent albums, contemporary instruments are added in to give the songs a modern sound.

Her music is a combination of traditional Yoik and contemporary instruments and style.

The production uses music of the period, sung and played on historical reconstructions of contemporary instruments.

However, many aspects of earlier music can be mentioned suggesting that it was composed very much with contemporary instruments in mind.