String instrument
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| - | '''Rhythm''' is the variation of the length and accentuation of a series of [[sound]]s or other events. It is inherent in any time-dependent medium, but it is most associated with [[music]], [[dance]], and the majority of [[poetry]]. | + | A '''string instrument''' (or '''stringed instrument''') is a [[musical instrument]] that produces [[sound]] by means of [[vibrating string]]s. In the [[Hornbostel-Sachs]] scheme of [[musical instrument classification]], used in [[organology]], they are called [[chordophone]]s. The most common string instruments in the string family are [[guitar]], [[violin family|violin]], [[viola]], [[cello]], [[double bass]], [[banjo]], [[mandolin]], [[ukulele]], and [[harp]]. Not often immediately recognized as such, a [[piano]] is also a string instrument. |
| - | ==Rhythm in music== | + | |
| - | All musicians, [[instrumentalist]]s and vocalists, work with rhythm, but in modern music a [[rhythm section]] generally consists of [[percussion instrument]]s, bass and possibly [[chordal instrument]]s (e.g., [[guitar]], [[banjo]]) and [[keyboard instrument]]s, such as [[piano]]. | + | |
| - | In recent years, music theorists have attempted to explain connections between rhythm, meter, and the broad structure and organization of sound events in music. Some have suggested that rhythm (and its essential relationship to the temporal aspect of sound) may in fact be the most fundamental aspect of music. Hasty (1997, p. 3), for example, notes that "Among the attributes of rhythm we might include continuity or flow, articulation, regularity, proportion, repetition, pattern, alluring form or shape, expressive gesture, animation, and motion (or at least the semblance of motion). Indeed, so intimate is the connection of the rhythmic and the musical, we could perhaps most concisely and ecumenically define music as the 'rhythmization' of sound." | + | |
| - | Rhythm is likely the most fundamental aspect of music, because percussion instruments were likely in use long before stringed instruments. Tribal groups dancing to music made only with percussion instruments is an ancient human practice, which reportedly continues today in primitive groups. The three fundamental elements of music are rhythm, melody, and harmony. Rhythm is the only essential element of these three, because Music can be played with Rhythm only, as in the aforementioned case of ancient and modern tribes. Try playing Music with only melody or harmony, or both (without rhythm), it can't be done. | + | |
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A string instrument (or stringed instrument) is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings. In the Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification, used in organology, they are called chordophones. The most common string instruments in the string family are guitar, violin, viola, cello, double bass, banjo, mandolin, ukulele, and harp. Not often immediately recognized as such, a piano is also a string instrument.
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