Yale Collection of Musical Instruments: String Instruments

Membranophones? Aerophones? How about strings? Percussion? You need not be a music instructor to benefit from a packet of 24 worksheets that introduce aspiring musicians to the various instrument families.

String together how instruments produce sound. Using pieces of string, learners find ways to create sound. They investigate changes to the string and the effect of adding a cup. Finally, pupils experiment by changing the way to create...

Listen to a selection of lute music from the Yale University performance series.

Learn about woodwind instruments in this image gallery with descriptions of each instrument in this page from the musical instruments collection of Yale University.

Learn about the harpsichord program at Yale University and listen to a selection of a work by Bach performed by a Yale student.

Listen to the Flanders' Recorder Quartet perform a selection by Merula in this Yale University performance series piece.

The London Baroque quartet presents a performance of Bach in this Yale University performance.

Listen to a selection of music by Georg Philipp Telemann in this Yale University performance series with a solo performance by Marion Verbruggen.

Listen to a selection by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed by the Mozartean Players for the Yale University performance series. Requires RealPlayer.

A great resource for teachers, students, and performers of string instruments. Very indepth "how-to" descriptions, care information, procedural movies, and more.