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Musical Instruments. (Sound Matters!).(Brief Article)

Science Matters: Plants, Sounds, Seasons and Night Sky, a Weekly Reader publication

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String instruments have strings or wires. These instruments produce sound when you pluck or draw a bow across the strings. The pitch is changed by tightening or loosening the strings.

Wind instruments produce sound when a tube of air vibrates. The pitch is changed by making the tube of air longer or shorter.

Look at these new, old, simple, and complex musical instruments. Mark all the string ...

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