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The String Family
Performing Arts: Western Music · Chapter 2 · Section A: Musical Instruments
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- Sound production in bowed strings: bow, bridge, body, sound post; arco and pizzicato
- Playing techniques: vibrato, double stopping, tremolo, harmonics, mutes (con sordino), col legno
- Violin, viola, violoncello and double bass: size, range and role in the orchestra
- Tuning notes and clefs of the string family written on the staff from lowest to highest
- Similarities and differences within the family (for example violin and viola)