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    INSTRUMENTS

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    The document describes several musical instruments that were found in Rome during the time of William Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice, including the mandolin, harpsichord, violin, viola, cello, double bass, and piano. The mandolin has 8 strings and is plucked. The harpsichord is played with a keyboard and uses levers to pluck strings. The violin is the smallest string instrument with 4 strings that can be played with a bow or fingers. The viola is slightly larger than a violin and has a lower sound. The cello is a four-string bowed instrument with a deeper tone than the viola. The double bass is the largest string instrument and similar to the cello. The

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    The document describes several musical instruments that were found in Rome during the time of William Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice, including the mandolin, harpsichord, violin, viola, cello, double bass, and piano. The mandolin has 8 strings and is plucked. The harpsichord is played with a keyboard and uses levers to pluck strings. The violin is the smallest string instrument with 4 strings that can be played with a bow or fingers. The viola is slightly larger than a violin and has a lower sound. The cello is a four-string bowed instrument with a deeper tone than the viola. The double bass is the largest string instrument and similar to the cello. The

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    MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS FOUND IN ROME AT THE TIME OF

    THE PLAY THE MERCHANT OF VERNICE BY WILLIAM


    SHAKESPEARE.

    A mandolin is a stringed musical instrument in the lute(plucked) family


    and is generally plucked with a pick. It most commonly has four courses
    of doubled strings tuned in unison, thus giving a total of 8 strings. A
    variety of string types are used, with steel strings being the most
    common and usually the least expensive.
    A harpsichord is an Italian musical instrument played by means of a
    keyboard. This activates a row of levers that turn a trigger mechanism
    that plucks one or more strings with a small plectrum made from quill or
    plastic. The strings are under tension on a soundboard, which is mounted
    in a wooden case; the soundboard amplifies the vibrations from the
    strings so that the listeners can hear it.

    The violin, sometimes known as a fiddle, is a wooden chordophone


    (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow
    wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument
    (soprano) in the family in regular use. The violin typically has four
    strings It can also be played by plucking the strings with the fingers
    (pizzicato) and, in specialized cases, by striking the strings with the
    wooden side of the bow (col legno).

    The viola is a string instrument that is bowed, plucked, or played with


    varying techniques. Slightly larger than a violin, it has a lower and
    deeper sound. Since the 18th century, it has been the middle or alto
    voice of the violin family.
    The cello is a (sometimes plucked and occasionally hit) string
    instrument of the violin family. It is a four string instrument. Music for
    the cello is generally written in the bass clef. Its tone is deeper than that
    of the viola. It always serves as the tenor voice of the string family.
    The double bass also known simply as the bass amongst other names, is
    the largest and lowest-pitched string instrument in the modern symphony
    orchestra. Similar in structure to the cello, it has four, although
    occasionally five, string
    The piano is a keyboard instrument with strings struck by wooden
    hammers coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered
    with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using
    its keyboard, which is a row of keys (small levers) touched by the
    performer with the fingers and thumbs of both hands, causing the
    hammers to strike the strings. It was invented in Italy by Bartolomeo
    Cristofori around the year 1700.

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