String Instruments

lyre

lute

harp

zither

dulcimer

Smash it against a hard surface. Leave it out in the rain. Put it in a room with high humidity. There are tons of ways to break a string instrument.

The Harivarasanam is an ancient song that was sung every night during the closing of the temple doors. The instrument uses 24 Frets and 7 strings to makes the notes for this traditional song; the common notes are Shadja, Panchama, and Mandara.

When you pull the bow over the string(s) the hairs on the bow cause the string(s) to vibrate and send the sond to the body of the violin, where it is ampilfyed and sent out the "f-holes"

Many songs have violas in them! Making a list would seem interminable.

With a violin, you primarily use an object called a bow, which is made of horse's hair that has rosin (to make the horse hair "stick" to the string) applied onto it, which is attached to a usually wooden stick. Violinists hold the bow with their right hand, while the violin is held with the left. There are times in music where you are told to pluck. When the music demands that, it is called pizzicato (meaning to pluck), and most likely, "pizz." is written next to the area in which you pluck. Depending on the song, you do either, or you can exclusively bow or exclusively pluck. A fully plucking song is very rare; most songs require bowing almost always. The only song I can think of that is 100% plucking for a violin is A Simple Symphony: Playful Pizzicato by Benjamin Britten. I am a professional violinist, As a side note, almost always, beginning violinists learn usually by plucking first, then after they are comfortable with the strings and holding a violin, they are taught to incorporate the bow.

With a violin, you primarily use an object called a bow, which is made of horse's hair that has rosin (to make the horse hair "stick" to the string) applied onto it, which is attached to a usually wooden stick. Violinists hold the bow with their right hand, while the violin is held with the left. There are times in music where you are told to pluck. When the music demands that, it is called pizzicato (meaning to pluck), and most likely, "pizz." is written next to the area in which you pluck. Depending on the song, you do either, or you can exclusively bow or exclusively pluck. A fully plucking song is very rare; most songs require bowing almost always. The only song I can think of that is 100% plucking for a violin is A Simple Symphony: Playful Pizzicato by Benjamin Britten. I am a professional violinist, As a side note, almost always, beginning violinists learn usually by plucking first, then after they are comfortable with the strings and holding a violin, they are taught to incorporate the bow.

The banjo is a stringed instrument. It falls into the strings family, specifically, it's acoustic. (unless you happen to find an electric banjo)

Viola weights can vary. There is no exact weight for a viola, especially because of various sizes. I can say this, though. They are not as heavy as cellos or basses

The main four bowed string instruments in the Romantic-Era orchestra include the Violin, of which there are two groups of sixteen and fourteen usually, the Viola, of which there are usually twelve, the Violoncello, otherwise known as the Cello, of which there are ten, and the Double Bass, of which there are eight. These numbers, however, vary depending on what time period in which the work in question was written.

Winston Marshall plays a number of banjos, notably is the Eagle 2 resonator made by the Deering banjo company and recently the Shackleton Centenary Zither banjo.

They both are from the violin and the string family. The violin and viola also share 3 of the same strings: G string, D string, and A string. They generally look the same, except the viola is usually bigger than the violin (depending on the size of the viola).

The older the violin, the better the sound, in most cases. New ones don't have their ultimate sound yet, but they are cheaper. A new violin, well made, will have a very good sound the day it is finished, but if it is a truly well made violin, constructed of good materials, it will always ripen with age and "sing" better as it gets older. It is universally believed that the aging of the spruce in the violin's top is a part of this, but most experts in the field also believe chemical changes in the varnish also play a distinct role in the process.

Oboes, English horns, and bassoons use a double reed.

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There are many instruments of the lute family in India. There's the vina, thought to be the oldest musical instrument in southern India, but this is more of a zither than a lute. It is long, thin and usually has two gourd resonators underneath it, with 2-4 melodic strings and three unstopped drone strings. Next is the sarod, the most lute-like of Indian instruments. It is descended from the Arabic rabab and is unfretted. It has 4 melodic, 2 drone and 11-16 sympathetis strings. The next two are the most widely known and heard, the tanpura and sitar. These are the traditional instruments of an Indian ensemble. The tanpura has four strings and a long fretless neck. Its sole puropse is to unify the ensemble (tabla, sitar and tanpura) with a drone. The sitar is a large instrument like a bigger tanpura, but with moveable frets and 8-13 sympathetic strings. It also has five melodic and two drone strings. The repertory for the sitar is huge, made known by virtuosos such as Ravi Shankar. There are other lute-based instruments in India, such as the mayuri or surbahar, but these are much lesser known deviants of the main instruments mentioned.

Here's a video of ray brown plucking the strings.youtube.com/watch?v=y7qIqlk8MOI

It's not great but you get the idea.

Harpsichord and Lute

It just means pulling each individual string when playing, rather than strumming - as you sometimes would with a guitar.

no The cello can, however, achieve many notes in the viola range. The viola can only go down so far in pitch on the lowest open string.

Those without strings, mainly woodwinds, brass and percussion.

The piano is in reality a member of the percussion family primarily because of the manner in which is required to produce sound, but has been "accepted" as being part of the string family in many circles.

Rosin is a commonly used material for bows. It is a powdery substance that reduces friction to prevent too much damage to the bow during normal use, but still provides enough friction to produce a sound from the strings.