乐器学是以乐器——发出音乐素材之音的器具——为研究对象的学科。本条目的内容安排,首先是“总论”,阐述乐器学的范围,在音乐学整体中的位置,成立史等;第二,乐器学的“研究资料”;第三,“研究方法”;最后是“乐器分类学”。 Musical instrument is a musical instrument - the instrument of the sound of musical material - as the subject of study. The content of the entry arrangement, first of all, “General Theory”, elaborating the scope of musical instruments, the overall position in the musicology, the founding history and so on; second, the instrument of “research”; third, “research methods”; finally Is “musical instrument taxonomy.”