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As well as the human voices , musical instruments have got different ____________________ . It is caused by three factors , such as their ____________________ aspect , shape and ____________________ , the ____________________ they are made from ( they are usually made of ____________________ or wood ) and the way of playing them ( ____________________ , plucking , strucking , shaking ) .
The previous characterictics determine the final result . Depending on the materials they are made from and the way of playing , musical instruments are divided into three families : string family , ____________________ family and percussion family .
Besides , all of them are subdivided as well into smaller groups , depending upon the way of playing . For example , you can find three groups in the stringed instruments , such as those which are ____________________ ( ____________________ , viola , cello and double - bass , they are all alike ) , those which are ____________________ ( such as ____________________ and guitar ) and , finally those which are ____________________ ( the piano ) .
On the other hand , the wind instruments are separeted in a first step by the material they are made from : brass and ____________________ . These ones , once again are subdivided depending on the way the player makes the air vibrate in the tube . The flute belongs to the edge - note group , the ____________________ and ____________________ to the double - reed group and the clarinet and ____________________ to the single - reed group . The brass instruments produce the sound by buzzing the player's lips inside a cup - shaped ____________________ .
Percussion family is the biggest of the three . It is divided into two groups . If they can produce the sounds of a note , they are ____________________ instruments . Otherwise , that is , they produce noises , they are ____________________ .