Musical instruments ( I ) STRINGS

Musical instruments are made of many different materials and are played in many different ways. Due to their characteristics, they are mainly grouped into five main categories, which are Woodwind, Brass, Percussion, String and Keyboard.

STRINGS

All musical instruments with strings are known as string instruments, such as the violin family, harp, guitar and so on. The pitch of the note is decided by the length, thickness and tension of the string. String instruments are basically divided into two groups: bowed string instruments and plucked string instruments. The most common type of bowed string instruments are the violin family. The violin, viola, cello and double bass are members of violin family. The reason they known as bowed strings is because players have to use bow to make the string vibrate. The bow that had made sticky with resin is drawn across a string of the violin, keeps on catching the string and pulling it, thus produce sound. All of them have common characteristics, yet the chief difference between them is their size, increase from violin to the double bass. Each of them plays different role in orchestra, as violin has wide range of tone qualities, and the rest of them are act as base of the orchestra since they have lower pitch compared to violin. The harp, guitar, lute, mandoline and banjo are examples of plucked string intruments. The main difference between them and the violin family is that they are not played with a bow, but plucked the string with fingers. Therefore, the tone dies away more quickly and usually they have been used mainly to accompany the voice, most often the singer plays the instrument himself.

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