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No, because string instruments use either a bow or a pick. And percussion instruments are used with your hands, sticks et cetera. The piano is the only string instrument that people think is a percussion because it has keys.
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What small ensemble uses an instrument not belonging to the same family as the rest?
A "trio" ... consists of string instruments plus a piano. The piano is a member of the percussion family.
Who is an ochistra?
Phonic spelling of orchestra. A symphony orchestra is a large instrumental group consisting of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. A chamber orchestra is half the size but contains the same 4 types of instruments.
What are the most common unbowed instrument in an symphony orchestra?
For one thing, "string instruments" and "stringed instruments" are not the same. String instruments are the viol family and stringed instruments are any instrument that has strings. The piano and harp both qualify.Now, the piano is a percussion instrument that has strings and the harp is an unbowed stringed instrument.
What instruments are used in Beethoven's String Quartet?
They use the same instruments as all string quartets: two violins, one viola, and one cello.
What type of instruments is a cowbell?
a cowbell is an instrument that you play with a stick that you hit it with or you can shake it to make the noise. Also a cowbell is a percussion instrument.
What small ensemble uses an instrument not belonging to the same family as the rest?
A "trio" ... consists of string instruments plus a piano. The piano is a member of the percussion family.
What is a string and percussion instrument at the same time?
A Banjo!
Who is an ochistra?
Phonic spelling of orchestra. A symphony orchestra is a large instrumental group consisting of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. A chamber orchestra is half the size but contains the same 4 types of instruments.
What are the most common unbowed instrument in an symphony orchestra?
For one thing, "string instruments" and "stringed instruments" are not the same. String instruments are the viol family and stringed instruments are any instrument that has strings. The piano and harp both qualify.Now, the piano is a percussion instrument that has strings and the harp is an unbowed stringed instrument.
Is a chordophone a percussion instrument?
No it is not but there are instruments which belong to the chordophone family but at the same time the percussion family as well. An example of this is the Piano.
What is something the same about all percussion instruments?
They all make sounds by being hit.
What instruments are used in Beethoven's String Quartet?
They use the same instruments as all string quartets: two violins, one viola, and one cello.
What type of instruments is a cowbell?
a cowbell is an instrument that you play with a stick that you hit it with or you can shake it to make the noise. Also a cowbell is a percussion instrument.
What instrumental family does the pipe organ belong to?
That depends. If you consider percussion instruments and keyboard instruments to be seperate groups, then the pipe organ belongs in the keyboard group. If you consider percussion and keyboard instruments to be the same group, then the pipe organ is a percussion instrument. It's worth noting that the pipe organ is also technically a woodwind instrument, because the sounds come from wind passing through its pipes.
What are String instruments made of?
Depends on what intsrument you're talking about. Guitars are generally made of wood and goat strings, same as bass and piano, which is also a percussion instruent is also made up of metal and other strings. Hope this h elped somehow.
How would this instrument be classified Piano.?
The piano is a stringed instrument, as it is very similar the the harp, but on a piano the strings are attached to keys and when you press down on the key, a hammer strikes the string and plays the note. You can see this in action if you lift up the piano's lid
Were Modern orchestras are essentially the same as their ancestors?
The first orchestras were made up of small groups of musicians that gathered for festivals, holidays, or funerals. It was not until the 11th century that families of instruments started to appear with differences in tones and octaves. A modern orchestra is defined as a large instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments.
