![]() ![]() ![]() They all get to use fun sounding Italian words too!Īll of the bowed strings need the sticky sap mentioned earlier called rosin to make the bow hairs grip the string and get the string to vibrate and make sound. Just above the bridge the instruments are played with the bow (arco) or plucked (pizzicato) with fingers. In the middle of each instrument you will see an interestingly shaped wooden bridge supporting the four strings. ![]() They all have a long neck with a fingerboard made of ebony wood where the musician uses their left hand to press the strings down to the fingerboard to change the pitch, while the right hand holds the bow or plucks the strings. The back and sides of the body are made of maple trees, the top is made of spruce trees. – their similarly shaped bodies are made of two different kinds of wood put together to form a hollow resonating body. The string section accounts for more than half of the musicians on stage! All four instruments share a number of similarities In a full-sized orchestra, the string family can have between 36 to 60 string players, the number depends upon the particular piece of music being played. You’ll see the bowed strings called the string section placed in a semicircle at the front of the stage with the basses often placed behind the cellos. How does wood from several different kinds of trees, hair from a horses tail, sap from trees, and metals to make the strings combine to make the rich and varied sounds of the bowed string family? In the post below we explore some of the basic attributes of the bowed string family. ![]()
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