STRING INSTRUMENTS

STRING INSTRUMENTS

1. The sound is produced by the vibration of one or more tightened strings

2. We distingish this three groups

   • BOWED STRING
     • The sound 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 bigger than the violin. Middle-pitch.
       • VIOLONCELLO: Bigger and with a lower register. The instrument is leaned on the floor an with endpin and played sitting down
       • DOUBLE BASS: The biggest one and with a very low register.
   • STRUCK 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 string are blue
       • GUITAR: It has six strings and a neck with frets wich indicate semitones distances on the strings.
   • PLUCKED STRING
     • The sound is produced when the strings are struck or hit with a hammer triggered with a keyboard
       • PIANO: It has 88 keys wich cover more than seven octaves. All pianos have two pedals. The soft pedal and the damper pedal.