What’s on the The String Family poster
A 6-row table: Instrument · Tuning · Clef.
Highest to lowest. Each is roughly an octave apart from the next.
- Violin — G D A E — Treble
- Viola — C G D A — Alto
- Cello — C G D A — Bass (then tenor)
- Double bass — E A D G — Bass, sounds 8vb
- Harp — Diatonic + pedals — Both
- Guitar — E A D G B E — Treble, sounds 8vb
Viola and cello are tuned to the same four notes an octave apart. The double bass is tuned in fourths, like a guitar.
Questions about the The String Family poster
- What’s on the The String Family poster?
- A 6-row table: Instrument · Tuning · Clef. Highest to lowest. Each is roughly an octave apart from the next. Violin — G D A E — Treble; Viola — C G D A — Alto; Cello — C G D A — Bass (then tenor); Double bass — E A D G — Bass, sounds 8vb; Harp — Diatonic + pedals — Both; Guitar — E A D G B E — Treble, sounds 8vb. Viola and cello are tuned to the same four notes an octave apart. The double bass is tuned in fourths, like a guitar.
- Who is the The String Family poster for?
- The String Family belongs to the Music section rather than to a school year, because music is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning instruments can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the The String Family poster?
- All four are tuned in fifths except the double bass, which is tuned in fourths. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so The String Family belongs on the wall where that music work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with The String Family?
- Bass Guitar, The Brass Family and Cello Basics sit alongside The String Family in the Music section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Bass GuitarThe Brass FamilyCello Basics
- Is the The String Family poster free to download and print?
- Yes. The String Family downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Music section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the The String Family poster print at?
- The String Family is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of The String Family loses nothing.Printing guide
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