task 2

Musical instrument

There are thousands of kinds of musical instruments in the world, but all can be divided into three major divisions, i.e. stringed instruments, wind instrument and percussion instruments.

Stringed instruments are musical instruments which have strings to produce intended sounds. According to how to play them there are three types of stringed instruments, namely those which are played with a bow (penggesek), those which are played by pluicking (memetik) their strings, and those which are played by striking their strings with hammer or a mallet (pukul berkepala kayu). The violin is an example of the instruments played with a bow. The other two types are exemplified by the harp, and the dulcimer respectively.

Wind instruments fall into two categories, brass and woodwind instruments. Brass instrument a like the trumpet are made of brass and usually they have valves (kelep) which vibrate and produce sounds. Most woodwind instruments have tubes made of wood. The flute is an example of this type.

Percussion instruments are struck with fingers, hands, sticks, or wire brushes to [produce sounds. They can be divided into two groups: one group consist of the instruments which produce indefinite pitch. The percussion instruments with definite pitch, for example piano, produce different sounds when they are struck. Te sounds of the instruments with indefinite pith is always the same. An example of this type is the triangle.

Task

1. how many musical instruments in the text? mention

2. wind instruments consist of....

3. stringed instruments consist of....

4. percussion instruments consist of....

5. how many instruments do you know? mention!