Orchestra instruments by Belén&Sandra

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MUSICAL INSTRUMENT

VIOLIN

Is the most popular instrument in the string family.

VIOLA

This instrument looks like the twin brother of the violin but its bit bigger with a slightly lower sound.

CELLO

You have to sit down and hold this instrument between your knees to play it.

DOUBLE BASS

This instrument stands over six feet tall and is the lowest sounding instrument in the string family.

HARP

The instrument of the angels. It has 47 strings and seven pedals.

PIANO

It is the most popular of all the keyboard instruments.

CEMBALO

A musical instrument played by means of a keyboard.

GUITAR

It is a plucked string instrument usually played with fingers and sometimes whith a pick.

TRUMPET

Is the most popular of all the brass instrument, and one of the oldest.

FRENCH HORN

This instrument was once carried on horseback during fox hunts.

TROMBONE

This instrument can slide from one note to another.

TUBA

Is the lowest sounding brass instrument.

ORGAN

This keyboard instrument is almost always found in churches.

DRUM SET

Includes the brass drum, cymbals, tambourine,...

TIMPANI

These copper-colored drums are also called the kettle drms because they look like the big kettles.

XYLOPHONE

Mallets strike wooden bars different pitches.

By: Beln& Sandra