performing force (timbre)

Pizzicato

The technique of producing sound on a string instrument by plucking the strings with the fingers rather than using a bow.

String instruments

A family of instruments whose sound is produced by setting strings in motion through plucking, picking, or bowing.

Woodwind instruments

A family of instruments whose sound is generated by forcing air through a tube to create a vibrating air column, using direct openings or reeds.

Single-reed instruments

Woodwinds, such as the clarinet and saxophone, that produce tone by forcing air between a single wooden reed and a mouthpiece.

Double-reed instruments

Woodwinds, such as the oboe and bassoon, that produce sound by passing air between two reeds.

Brass instruments

A family of instruments whose sound is produced by buzzing lips into a mouthpiece attached to a coiled tube, usually amplified by a flared bell.

Percussion instruments

A family of instruments that produce sound by being struck, shaken, or rubbed, categorized into definite or indefinite pitch types.

Manuals

The multiple keyboards played with the hands on a pipe organ.