What are the different ways people make musical sound?
There are several ways. The oldest is to use parts of the body clapping hands, snapping fingers, or singing. Next came the use of acoustic musical instruments; instruments that don’t rely on electronic amplification to create a sound. Most acoustic instruments have two major parts. The first is called the primary vibrator. The primary vibrator creates sound waves through friction (a violinist draws a bow across strings), plucking (a guitarist strums a guitar), or striking (a drummer beats a drum). The second part of an acoustic instrument is called a resonator. The resonator takes the sound produced by the primary vibrator and makes it louder. The wooden body of a violin, for example, is its resonator. Wind instruments, such as the clarinet or flute, and brass instruments, such as the trumpet, are special cases. They produce sound waves directly when air is blown through their mouth pieces. Since the sound waves produced have relatively loud volumes (amplitudes), wind and brass instrum
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