Chordophones

While listening to DPR I was able to identify a variety of different instruments. Although not all of them were chordophones, each had a very distinctive sound. While listening for one hour I was able to listen to 5 or 6 different pieces. The first piece was an orchestra with two oboe soloists. In this piece I was able to hear a clavichord, and violins very easily. There were no other instruments that really stuck out but after listening carefully I was able to hear either a cello or bass. The second and last piece were performed by an orchestra. I could hear a lot of violins along with a variety of other stringed instruments like cellos. The remainder of the songs were performed on the piano. One of the songs was mainly performed on a piano with a small orchestra in the backgroud. The orchestra had a violin and a lower range string instrument. All of the songs that I listened to were performed by the newer string instruments, other than the first song that I listened to in which a clavichord was used. This goes to show that since technology is improving constantly there is no need to use instruments that are difficult to play or keep in tune.