The strings family includes the violin, viola, cello, and stringed bass.

 

 
 

 I want you to know how to pronounce our music words.

Look for pronunciation helps like this example.

 
 

 

 
 

The person who leads an orchestra is called the conductor.

Click on the question marks to see what instruments the orchestra conductor leads.

Click on the instruments to hear what they sound like.

 

 

 

The sound of your voice is different than everybody else’s.

Every instrument has a voice, and every instrument voice is different.

An instrument’s voice is called timbre.

 

Click on the name of each string instrument and click the yellow play button to hear each instrument’s timbre.

Click the question marks to see what the instrument parts are called.

 

 

Click the yellow play buttons.

Can you recognize which instruments you hear?

 

 

 There are many different string instruments.

The violin, viola, cello, and string bass are used in the orchestra.

The many other different string instruments are usually used in other settings.

Here are a few examples.

 

 

Compose an epic soundtrack.

Drag the moods up to the black boxes.

Click the yellow play button to hear your creation.

 

 

 

 You tried it, so let’s check it!