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The Musical Instrument Families
There are **three** families of musical instruments:

1) The **Percussion** Family

2) The **String** Family

3) The **Wind** Family

The Percussion Family has three groups:

1) Metal



2) Membrane

3) Wood

In each group, there are two types of instrument: a) tuned b) untuned

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**Family 2: The String Family**

The String family has three groups:

1) Bowed - violin 2) Plucked - guitar 3) Struck - piano

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**Family 3: The Wind Family** The Wind family has two groups:

**The Brass Instruments** //When a person plays a brass instrument, their lips vibrate.//

//These vibrations cause the air inside the instrument to vibrate.//

**The Woodwind Instruments** In woodwind instruments the player either:

* causes a **reed** to vibrate, which moves the air (example - clarinet, oboe or duduk) * blows against an **edge** (as in a recorder), or * blows across the edge of an **open hole** (as in a flute).

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