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The document discusses two types of string instruments - bowed strings and plucked strings. It provides details on common bowed string instruments like violin, viola, cello, and double bass, describing their sizes, ranges, and uses. It also briefly discusses popular plucked string instruments like classical guitar and electric guitar.

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String Final

The document discusses two types of string instruments - bowed strings and plucked strings. It provides details on common bowed string instruments like violin, viola, cello, and double bass, describing their sizes, ranges, and uses. It also briefly discusses popular plucked string instruments like classical guitar and electric guitar.

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String (stringed) Instruments - provide the basic orchestral sounds.

They produced tones by means of the vibration of a stretched string.

2 Types of String Instruments:

1. Bowed Strings - These instruments produced tone by means of a bow


of horsehair drawn across the strings. It includes violin, viola,
violoncello, and double bass.

Violin - The highest member of the


string section of the orchestra.
Preeminent in lyric melody, and capable
of brilliance and dramatic effect. It has a
wide range of tones which can be
sustained indefinitely. It can be played
very quietly or loudly; very slowly or
extremely fast.

PARTS OF THE VIOLIN


Viola - Viola is slightly larger than
violin. strings are longer, thicker, and
heavier; and is lower in range. It is
used more for harmony than for
melody.

Violoncello - Properly known as


cello, and is much longer than
viola. Lower in range than viola
and the strings are thicker and
heavier than those of the viola. The
bow is shorter and heavier, and the
instrument has to be held between
the knee of a seated performer.
Notable for its rich and romantic
tone.

(If the violin has the highest pitch and correlates the
Soprano voice, then the viola has a slightly lower range suitable
for the alto voice.)
Double Bass - Also known as
Contrabass, the largest member of
the string family. It rest upon the
floor, and the performer stands to
play it. It is the lowest in range of
the string group. It is most often
used used as a support supplying the
bass tones for the string choir or
orchestra. Its deep distinct tones
come into focus when they are
duplicated an octave higher, usually
by the cello.

(The cello matches well with the tenor, while the double
bass holds the lowest pitch witch is suitable for the bass voice.)

2. Plucked Strings - although instruments of the bowed string


class can produce tone by plucking the strings (pizzicato), the
plucked string instruments produce tone solely by this means.
The player plucks the strings either with his fingers or with a
plectrum held in his hand.

The Guitar Family seems to be the most popular stringed


instrument today. It varies considerably in shape, and in the
number of is strings, but basically, it consists of a finger board
with frets (narrow, metal cross strips), attached to a light
wooden body with flat top and back. It is seldom used in
orchestra but is nowadays a part of jazz bands. This instrument
is associated mostly with dance band instrumentation and
popularly used as an instrument to accompany the singing of
folk songs as well as popular songs.
Classical Guitar - also called Spanish guitar, is a member of
the guitar family used in classical music and other styles. An
acoustic wooden string instrument with strings made of gut or
nylon

Electric Guitar - a guitar that requires external amplification in


order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a
standard acoustic guitar. It uses one or more pickups to convert
the vibration of its strings into electrical signals, which
ultimately are reproduced as sound by loudspeakers.

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