STRING

INSTRUMENTS
any musical instrument that
produces sound by the vibration
of stretched strings, The string
may be struck, plucked, rubbed
(bowed).
The violin is believed
to have evolved from
the Rebec and the Lira
da braccio. In Europe,
the earliest four
stringed violin was
used in the first part of
the century.
L I R A D E
B R A C C I O R E B E C
PARTS OF
V I O L I N
S C R O L L
PEGBOX AND
TUNING PEGS
NUT
STRINGS
FINGERBOARD
SOUNDING
P O S T
F H O L E S
B R I D G E
CHIN REST
TA I L P I E C E
 V I O L A

The first violas are believed to

have been made in the 15th
century and evolved from the
viola de braccio (Italian for "arm
viol").
VIOLA DE
BRACCIO
C E L L O
the bass musical instrument of the violin
group, with four strings. The cello is about
27.5 inches (70 cm) long (47 inches [119
cm] with the neck), has proportionally
deeper ribs and a shorter neck than
the violin.
PARTS OF
C E L L O
D O U B L E
B A S S
the lowest-pitched
member of
the violin family,
sounding
an octave lower
than the cello
STRING
Q U A R T E T
UKELELE
The word ukulele is Hawaiian for
"leaping flea". The ukulele is like a
small guitar and is a descendant of
the machete or machada. The
machada was brought into Hawaii by
the Portuguese during the 1870's. It
has four strings that is under 24
inches long.
PARTS OF
U K E L E L E
 MANDOLIN

The mandolin is a
bowed string instrument
LUTE
believed to have
evolved from the lute
and emerged during
the 18th century. The
mandolin has a pear-
shaped body and 4
pairs of strings.
PARTS OF
MANDOLIN
H A R P
The harp is a stringed instrument
that is plucked or strummed to
create sound. There are many
different kinds of harps. They can
vary depending on size; some harps
are small enough to play on one's
lap, other harps are so large they
need to be placed on the floor in
order to play.
 PEDAL HARP
features a number of pedals
on the base of the instrument
NON PEDAL
Non-pedal harps are also
H A R P referred to as lever harps,
folk harps, Celtic and Irish
harps.
PARTS OF
H A R P
 G U I TA R
plucked stringed musical instrument that
probably originated in Spain early in the
16th century, deriving from the guitarra
latina
CLASSICAL
G U I TA R

ELECTRIC
G U I TA R