String Family

This is the string family. The string instruments all have strings! The strings vibrate to make sound, by being plucked with fingers or played with a bow.  In music, the word pitch means how high or low a sound is. The longer the string, the lower the pitch! The shorter the string is, the higher the pitch.

Listen to the example below of the strings playing.

Let’s visit the Virtual Instrument Petting Zoo! Click/tap the instruments below.

Tip: Try clicking one instrument, then another one (immediately after)! What do they sound like together?

Movie Time! Watch the short movie below to see the strings in action.

View in Fullscreen (recommended)

Drag and sort: Drag the string instruments below to the bucket, then click submit.

✏️ Complete pages 5-6 in your workbook.