Musical Instrument Families:

String Instruments

A musical instrument with a set of strings that vibrate to produce sound when they are pulled, hit, or rubbed with a bow

Guitar, violin, cello...

A musical instrument which sound is produced by the vibration of air.

Flute, clarinet, trumpet...

A musical instrument that sounds by being struck or scraped by a beater

Drums, xylophone, triangle...

A musical instrument that produces sound by sympathetic vibration of air in a tubular resonator in sympathy with the vibration of the player's lips.

Trombone, trumpet, bugle...

A musical instrument on which different notes can be sounded by pressing a series of keys, push buttons, or parallel levers.

Piano, organ, accordion...