By Hana Ahmed 7H1

Plucked:When a string is

flicked with a

thumb, finger or

small piece of

plastic.Struck:

Within the piano

when a key is

pressed, a felt

covered hammer hits

one of the str

ings

producing a sound.

Bowed:This technique is when a string is rubbed over and played using a bow.

Resonator: strings are almost always joined onto this. It is a hollow structure usually made of wood or metal that amplifies sound waves from vibrating strings.

Lyre:This is the oldest type of stringed instrument which was popular with the ancient Greeks.

Bow:A strong flexible stick with horse hair stretched onto it. The hair is rubbed with resin that produces friction onto the strings

Percussion:An instrument

designed to make

unique noises when hit

with a stick or hands

Rhythm:

Percussion instruments

are in charge of this.

Drums support the

musical piece and

keeps the time.Membranophones:These have a stretched

membrane over a hollow shell.

Idiophones:

These don’t have a

membrane and is

made itself to vibrate.

Mallet:This causes the

instrument to vibrate and make noise.

Drum kit:this includes : bass drum, snare drum, toms and cymbals.

Pitch:

Timpani is a percu

ssion

instrument th

at has

this. Each is

tuned to a

different note.

Woodwinds:

These instruments

are not all made of

wood but require

wind to make a

noise.

Mouthpiece:

To m

ake music

, air i

s

blown into th

e

instrument th

rough

this also

a reed. T

hese

types o

f Instr

uments

wouldn’t be able to

be

played w

ithout th

is.

Reed:If the woodwind

instruments has this it is often made of bamboo. It is vibrating the air produced

inside the Instrument blown through the mouthpiece,

that makes the sound.

Edge-blown:Flutes and recorders

are these types of Instruments. Air is

blown over an edge.

Single-reed:Instruments such as

clarinets and saxaphones. They have

a single-reed in their mouthpiece. It vibrates

to get air inside the instrument moving.

Double-reed:The oboe uses this and

produces even more vibration. All woodwind

instruments have a series of notes running down its

length. Playing these instruments are harder

than it looks.

Wind instrument:Any instrument

you play by blowing

through it.

Purse:To play a brass

instrument, lips have to be

pursed to create a buzzing noise.

Vibrate:Lips do this. Hold lips

together tightly to make a high pitch.

Relax lips to make a low pitched buzz.

Pitch:The longer the tube, the lower the pitch.

Also depends the tubes width.

Brass:Instruments made

from this doesn’t

necessarily belong to

this family. Brass

instruments are a

long metal tube.

Tone:Buzzing lips against

the mouthpiece causes the tube and

air inside it to vibrate

Tuba:Hits the highest

notes and sits on the players lap

Bugle:A natural brass

instrument-has neither slides or valves so it has a limited range of notes

and is rarely used.

Valve:

The player changes

the pitch of n

otes

by pressing down

on a serie

s of th

ese.

Trombone:Slide instrument-

players change pitch by sliding a long tube up and down allowing

smooth changes.