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=Disorganized Essay Example=

When I was a kid I played clarinet in the school band, and the clarinet has been around for a long time, longer than the saxophone for instance. But clarinets aren't as old as drums. But I was never particularly interested in drumming. I don't have a good sense of rhythm. I didn't play violin when I was in school, though, because I played clarinet. I've always been interested in music, and learning about different musical instruments and eventually I found out that instruments are grouped into 4 families, and we will cover about three in this essay.

Other kinds of instruments have also interested me, like there is the string family, which is instruments that have strings that are bowed or plucked. One example is the violin. There have been many famous violin players, and also the violin has spread all around the world. The second family of instruments is a reed instrument, which uses a reed you blow through to make the sound. Instead of a string vibrating, the reed vibrates. the third type of instrument is percussion, where you hit the instrument, like how you hit a drum with a stick. One funny example is the piano. You'd think it was a string instrument, because it has strings in it, but it's a percussion instrument because the strings are hit with little hammers. Also, xylophones are percussion instruments.

One of the weirdest instruments I know of is called the "glass harmonica." It was invented by George Washington. It's a bunch of glasses that make a singing sound. I don't know what orchestra family that would fit under. You don't strike it, you don't play it with a bow, and there's no reeds. I wonder where a singer would go, too.