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A family of musical instruments is a grouping of several different but related sizes or types of instruments. Some schemes of musical instrument classification, such as the Hornbostel-Sachs system, are based on a hierarchy of instrument families and families of families. Some commonly recognized families are: Strings family; Woodwind family ...
The criteria for classifying musical instruments vary depending on the point of view, time, and place. The many various approaches examine aspects such as the physical properties of the instrument (shape, construction, material composition, physical state, etc.), the manner in which the instrument is played (plucked, bowed, etc.), the means by which the instrument produces sound, the quality ...
314.122-4-8: Italy: stringed instruments: keyboard hammmer-struck strings ... (and other members of the violin octet family) chordophones: 3: stringed instruments ...
Instruments in which a cord, attached to the membrane, is rubbed. 232.1 Instruments in which the drum is held stationary while playing 232.11 Instruments which have only one usable membrane; 232.12 Instruments which have two usable membranes; 232.2 Instruments in which the drum is twirled by a cord, which rubs in a notch on the stick held by ...
The violin family of musical instruments was developed in Italy in the 16th century. [1] At the time the name of this family of instruments was viole da braccio which was used to distinguish them from the viol family (viole da gamba). [2] The standard modern violin family consists of the violin, viola, cello, and (possibly) double bass. [3] [4] [5]
An orchestra (/ ˈ ɔːr k ɪ s t r ə /; OR-ki-strə) [1] is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families. There are typically four main sections of instruments: String instruments, such as the violin, viola, cello, and double bass
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument played using a keyboard, a row of levers which are pressed by the fingers. The most common of these are the piano , organ , and various electronic keyboards , including synthesizers and digital pianos .
Instruments such as the clarinet also grew into entire "families" of instruments capable of different ranges: small clarinets, normal clarinets, bass clarinets, and so on. [107] A "young boy playing the violin" from Glengarry County, Ontario taken [between 1895 and 1910] from the Bartle Brothers fonds at the Archives of Ontario.