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Recorders are mentioned in Hamlet. A lute is mentioned in Taming of the Shrew. Oboes (called hautboys) were common instruments in the theatre as were trombones (sackbuts) and both appear in stage directions along with trumpets and drums. Viols are mentioned in Comedy of Errors. There is a reference in Love's Labour's Lost to a cittern (sort of a Bass Guitar). Organ-pipes are referred to in King John and The Tempest, and keyboard instruments of the clavichord or harpsichord type did exist.
All instruments were of course acoustic.
I can't say whether Shakespeare himself played an instrument, but these were the instruments of the time period:
-Trumpets
-Kettledrums
-Bells
-Recorders
-Lutes
-Viol (a type of stringed instrument with a fretted fingerboard and 6 strings)
-Bandore (ancient banjo)
-Cithern (early version of a guitar)
-Fifes
It is recorded that Shakespeare acted in the Ben Jonson plays Sejanus and Every Man in his Humour. It is not recorded what parts he played. He also acted in his own plays, but we don't know which.
Shakespeare began his career in the London theater as an actor. We can be reasonably certain of this because a critic of his first play, Robert Greene, wrote a highly unfavorable review in which he stated that it was presumptuous of a "mere actor" to write a play. Shakespeare's name appears in the cast lists of the Chamberlain's Men acting company ones.
They had many instruments similar to those we have nowadays, although never electrically amplified of course. They had sackbuts, which were primitive trombones, shawms, which were primitive clarinets, hautboys, which were oboes, just spelled differently and recorders, which we still have. They also had stringed instruments: viols, which are like violins, and came in various sizes, and lutes which are guitarlike instruments.
Shakespeare's plays refer to the use of recorders(Hamlet), trumpets (All's Well that Ends Well, Antony and Cleopatra, Coriolanus, Hamlet, Henry IV Part 1, Henry VI Parts 1-3, Henry VIII, King John, King Lear, Love's Labour's Lost, Midsummer Night's Dream, Othello, Richard II, Richard III, Taming of the Shrew, Timon of Athens, Titus Andronicus, Troilus and Cressida), oboes (Antony and Cleopatra, Coriolanus, Hamlet, Henry Vi Part 2, Henry VIII, Macbeth, Timon of Athens, Titus Andronicus), drums (All's Well that Ends Well, Antony and Cleopatra, Coriolanus, Henry V, Henry VI Parts 1-3, Henry VIII, Julius Caesar, King John, King Lear, Macbeth, Richard II, Richard III, Timon of Athens, Titus Andronicus), kettledrums (Hamlet), horns (Henry VI Parts 1 and 3, King Lear, Midsummer Night's Dream), fife (Timon of Athens), cornets (All's Well that Ends Well, Coriolanus, Henry VIII, Merchant of Venice), lute (Taming of the Shrew, First Quarto Hamlet)
Pianos didn't exist back then; the first piano was built around hundred years after his time.
It is possible. However, we do not have any real evidence one way or another.
Viols of various sizes, recorders of various sizes, oboes (hautboys), trombones (sackbuts), horns, and lutes were the most prominent.
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Variety of tactics Shakespeare used in his plays?
instruments
What was a famous building used for many of Shakespeare's plays?
The Elizabethan theater was used for many of Shakespeare's plays.
Was little scenery used in the production of Shakespeare's plays?
yes
What did goebellied mean when shakespeare used it in plays?
It means potbellied.
Why did Shakespeare's plays appeal to everyone?
Shakespeare's plays appeal to us because the language he used and the way he wrote was full of techniques and meaning. He used Greek mythology and the Elizabethan ages to set his stories.
Variety of tactics Shakespeare used in his plays?
instruments
What was a famous building used for many of Shakespeare's plays?
The Elizabethan theater was used for many of Shakespeare's plays.
Shakespeare used what scenery for his plays?
daylight
What plays did Shakespeare used to write?
a quill
What theatre was William Shakespeare was involved in?
most of Shakespeare's plays used to be played in the globe theiter
Was little scenery used in the production of Shakespeare's plays?
yes
What did goebellied mean when shakespeare used it in plays?
It means potbellied.
Who used to perform at the Globe theatre?
Shakespeare's plays got performed there...
What Sort of music used in shakespeare plays?
hard punk-rock
Why did Shakespeare's plays appeal to everyone?
Shakespeare's plays appeal to us because the language he used and the way he wrote was full of techniques and meaning. He used Greek mythology and the Elizabethan ages to set his stories.
Which type of poetry did shakespeare often use in his plays?
Shakespeare and his contemporaries often used blank verse (unrhymed iambic pentameter) for the dialogue in their plays.
What activities was the globe used for?
The Globe theatre in London was used for putting on plays and was especially famous for putting on the plays of William Shakespeare.
