The string instrument instrument family is better than the other instrument families.

1)Music:
The violin family of the string family is often seen as the simplest looking instruments to play. This may be the case, but in reality, the violin, viola and cello etc is capable of playing up to 4 octaves. The string family instruments can be applied to a whole range of genres such as classical, bluegrass, blues, jazz, even dubstep. Apart from having to change positions while play a string instrument, the violin, cello etc is the easiest instrument to play.

2)Art:
The making of a violin is considered an art in which it requires thorough precision. Like art, every violin is different in one way or another. Even creating a varnish for an instrument is considered a skill.

3)History:
String instruments are said to have been the earliest known instruments to be used for music. Italy is said to be the birthplace of these magnificent instruments in which some of the finest violins, harps cellos etc were made there. Some of these violins can be worth up to £20,000,000 and are considered a national treasure.
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First of all, I would like to thank my opponent for giving me the opportunity to debate on this topic. I am a percussionist myself, and will be mainly using that along with the small amounts of knowledge I have on woodwinds and brass to counter my opponent's arguments. I believe that it is fit to use the same 3 categories my opponent used in his first argument.

1. Music
While it is true that an instrument from the string family is diverse, an tuned instrument from the percussion family, such as a piano or bells, is even more diverse, with most modern pianos reaching 7 octaves, and a minor third. Learning the piano is especially handy, as when you learn the piano, you also know the music theory behind bells and timpani, and can learn these without much trouble. In the string family, you must relearn fingerings and bow angles for each note and chord, making learning a new instrument tedious, where tuned percussion stacks upon itself for each new instrument.

2. Art
The making of any instrument is considered an art. The opposition states that the making of a string instrument requires precision. While this may be true, it is also true that the making of every instrument requires precision, not just the string family.

3. History
While the violins may have been the earliest instrument used for music, drums are the earliest instrument period. Before man could carve a violin and tune one, the could stretch a hide over a hollow bowl. While these were not used exclusively for music, because music was not important at the time, drums were used for things like sacred rituals and war.

Again, I would like to thank my opponent for this debate and I look forward to the next two rounds.

All my sources are not citable, and I apologize for this fact. My sources for information are my personal experience and history classes