Musically different
- POSTED ON: 31 Jan, 2020
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- POSTED BY: Kavi Bharathi | Deeksha Teri
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In an orchestra, have you noticed how, people who play similar instruments sit together? Why?
Because, the seating is organised depending on the instrument families. For example, musicians playing wind instruments will sit together as also those playing percussion instruments.
Musical instruments are grouped into families based on the sounds they make. There are five main groups – strings, brass, woodwind, keyboards and percussion. Today however we will look at just three of them: string, wind and keyboard.
String instruments
In this family, music is created by strings that may be plucked, bowed or struck. This creates a vibration that causes a unique sound.
Keyboard instruments
A keyboard instrument comprises keys (in form of a row of levers) which are pressed by the fingers.
Wind instruments
Here air may be blown into the instrument, across an edge, between a reed and a surface, or between two reeds. The sound happens when the air vibrates inside.
Now that you have learnt a bit about these three families, drag and drop the instruments under their respective categories.