KIDS TRIVIA

Detailed explanation-1: -While the violin family instruments are typically played using a bow, the harp is a plucked string instrument, and the piano is a hammered string instrument. However, the piano is often considered to be a member of the percussion group due to its playing mechanism.

Detailed explanation-2: -Why? Because the only way to play it is by hitting the keys, which activates the hammers. And although the sound is produced by strings, hitting it makes the piano a percussion. We hope we answered the question, “Is a piano a string or a percussion instrument”?

Detailed explanation-3: -Here, pianos fall squarely into the family of chordophones, instruments that produce sound by way of vibrating strings. That makes sense, considering that the string resonates over that grand, winged soundboard to produce sounds both messianic and melancholy.

Detailed explanation-4: -No strings, no keys… The theremin is a very unique musical instrument : not only the first electronic one in history, but also the only one that is being played without any contact. The thereminist plays “in the air”, interacting with two electromagnetic fields.