STRING INSTRUMENTS

STRING INSTRUMENTS

1. BOWED STRING

   • The sounded is produced when the strings are rubbed with a bow.
     • Violin
       • It is the smallest and the one with the highest pitch of the family.
     • Viola
       • A little biger than the violin. Middle-pitch.
     • Double Bass
       • The biggest one and with a very low register.
     • Violoncello
       • Bigger and with a lower register. The instrument is leaned on the floor with an endpin and play sitting down.

2. PLUCKED STRING

   • The sound is produced when the strings are plucked with the fingers or a plectrum.
     • Harp
       • It has 47 strings arranged from short to long. All C strings are red, and all F strings are blue.
     • Guitar
       • It has six strings and a neck with frets which indicated semitone distances on the strings.

3. STRUCK STRING

   • The sound is produced when the strings are struck or hit with a hammer triggered with a keyboard.
     • Piano
       • It has 88 keys which cover more than seven octaves. It is regarded as the king instrument of music because its wide register and its expressive possibilites.
       • All pianos have two pedals:
         • The soft pedal (the left one) which make hammers hit the strings softer.
         • The damper pedal (the right one) raises all the dampers so that the strings can continue to vibraye when the keys released.
       • There are two types of pianos:
         • The vertical or upright piano, which has the strings arranged vertically .
         • The grand piano with the strings placed horizontally.

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