This document provides information about different string instruments - the violin, viola, cello, string bass, and harp. It describes that they are all wood instruments that make sound through vibrating strings but details their sizes and playing methods. It asks what each instrument sounds like and if it has a high or low sound.

1. STRING FAMILY

2. violin
• Made out of wood
• Makes it’s sound with
vibrating strings
• Has a bow made of
horse hair
*What does it sound like?
*Is it high or low
sounding?

3. viola
• Made out of wood
• Makes it’s sound with
vibrating strings
• Has a bow made of
horse hair
• Viola is 2 inches longer
than the violin
*What does it sound like?
*Is it high or low
sounding?

4. cello
• Played upright
• Makes it’s sound with
vibrating strings
• Has a bow made of
horse hair
• Also called the
violoncello
*What does it sound like?
*Is it high or low
sounding?

5. string bass
• Played upright
• Makes it’s sound with
vibrating strings
• Often played by
plucking strings
• Also called the double
bass
*What does it sound like?
*Is it high or low
sounding?

6. harp
• Makes it’s sound with
vibrating strings
• Played by plucking
strings
• Different colored strings
help the player know
what notes to play
*What does it sound like?