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ARTS & HUMANITIES Musical Instrument Families

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ARTS & HUMANITIES

Musical

Instrument

Families

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Timbre

Timbre (a.k.a. tone color) is the special sound that makes one instrument or voice different from another.

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VOICE PARTS

Soprano Highest female vocal range

Alto Lowest female vocal range

Tenor Highest male vocal range

Bass Lowest male vocal range

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STRINGSInstruments that make sounds by

vibrating the string in one of the following ways:

1) Drawing a bow across them

2) Plucking them

3) Striking them

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STRINGS

Guitar

Harp

Violin family

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WOODWINDSInstruments originally made from wood that are now often made of metal or plastic. They set a column of air into vibration by wind moving:1) Across a mouthpiece

2) Into a whistle-like mouthpiece

3) Over 1 reed

4) Over 2 reeds

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WOODWINDS

Flute

Recorder

Clarinet

Oboe

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BRASS

Instruments usually made of brass. They create sound from the vibration of the performer’s lips buzzing into a cuplike mouthpiece. They have 2 ends.

1) Mouthpiece end

2) Bell shaped end (to amplify sound)

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BRASS

TrumpetTrombone

French HornTuba

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PERCUSSION

These are the most ancient instruments. They are used to make rhythm. There are two groups of percussion instruments.

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PERCUSSIONMembranophones

Also known as the drum family. An instrument with a membrane (drum head) stretched across a form (drum body). The membrane is struck by a hand or with a stick.

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PERCUSSIONMembranophones

Tambourine

Snare Drum

Bass

Bongo

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PERCUSSION

Idiophones

Make sounds by striking rubbing, shaking, or rattling the materials they are made of.

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PERCUSSION

Idiophones

XylophoneChimesTriangleCymbals