Are Their Instruments Made Of Wood Or Metal. When struck or bowed it produces a high pitched sound which can be changed by bending the metal. The instruments in this family all used to be made of wood which gives them their name.
This is why you need good resonant wood to produce a sound thats rich and mellow. Wooden musical instruments are the oldest instruments. It is played by holding the instrument in the hands and plucking the tines with the thumbs producing a soft plucked sound.
Because most stringed instruments are made from wood or other easily perishable materials their history before written documentation is almost unknown and contemporary knowledge of early instruments is limited to the ancient cultures of East Asia and South Asia the Mediterranean Egypt and Mesopotamia.
Today they are made of wood metal plastic or some combination. Brass instruments are often made with silver copper ivory horn or even wood. However many expensive headphones are made with plastic top of the line Beyers Senns AKG Ultrasone and plastic didnt exist when violinstrumpets were first created. When struck or bowed it produces a high pitched sound which can be changed by bending the metal.
