KIDS TRIVIA

Detailed explanation-1: -Writers in the Greco-Roman world distinguished three main types of instruments: wind, stringed, and percussion.

Detailed explanation-2: -Instruments are classified using 5 different categories depending on the manner in which the instrument creates the sound: Idiophones, Membranophones, Chordophones, Aerophones, & Electrophones.

Detailed explanation-3: -The most commonly used system in use in the west today divides instruments into string instruments, woodwind instruments, brass instruments and percussion instruments, however other ones have been devised, and other cultures use varying methods.

Detailed explanation-4: -They are bowing, plucking, and striking. Most common of the first category are the violin, viola, violoncello, and double bass of the orchestra, all of which use a horsehair bow for setting their strings into motion.