instrument family

• what are the 4 familys in the instrumental family?

  String, woodwind, brass, percussion.
• what is the biggest section of the orchestra?

  Strings
• what are the 4 most common instruments in the string family?

  Violin, viola, cello, double bass.
• describe woodwind instruments

  these are all tubes with an opening at one end and a mouthpeice at the other end
• which family of instruments have holes in them which are covered by metal caps?

  Woodwind instruments.
• what instruments are included in the woodwind family?

  piccolo, flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, and saxophone
• which instrumental family are lip-vibrated instruments?

  Brass instruments.
• what are included in the brass family?

  trumpet, trombone, French horn, tuba
• percussion instruments refer to instruments that are sounded by?

  striking or hitting while other are through by rubbing or shaking against another simillar instruments
• there are 2 kinds of percussions , what are they?

  pitched and unpitched
• It is the smallest and has the highest pitch in the string family. It is the leader and the heart of the orchestra.

  VIOLIN
• It is a little larger in size and has slightly thicker strings than the violin’s strings. It produces a darker, thicker, and a lesser brilliant tone.

  viola
• It has thicker strings than the violin’s and viola’s strings. It is played with a shorter and thicker bow.The instrument rests against the knees of the musician who is seated while playing it.

  CELLO
• It has the lowest pitch among the string instruments. Its strings, which are very long and thick, produce a deep sonorous tone.

  double bass
• It has 47 strings which are plucked with fingers and not bowed. It has 7 pedals to change the pitch of the strings. It consists of a triangular frame formed by a soundbox, a pillar, and a curved neck.

  harp
• It is like the soprano in the woodwind family. It is like a small flute and the sound is higher than the flute.

  piccolo
• It is an aerophone or reedless instrument. It produces sound from the flow of air across an opening creating rapid succession of tones. It is usually made of metal, although most flutes are made of woods.

  flute
• It is a cylindrical instrument with a cup-shaped mouth piece and a flaring bell at the other end. It is a single-reed woodwind instrument. Its tone can vary from a low, to brilliant pitches.

  clarinet
• It is the most dramatic among the woodwind instruments and has a double-reed mouth piece. Its has a black which is normally made of wood

  oboe
• It is called the “clown” of the orchestra because of the unusual often comic sounds it produces. It is the largest and the lowest-sounding orchestral woodwind.

  bassoon
• It has a cone-shaped body of brass with the lower end bent into a U-shaped design and usually comes in several sizes.

  saxophone
• It is the smallest main instrument of the brass family that produces the highest and brilliant sound. It is the leader and soprano of the brass family.

  trumpet
• It is the bass member of the brass family. It is the largest among the brass family with a mouthpiece and a big bell-shaped opening to a tube that is wrapped around in an oval.

  tuba
• It is the alto member of the brass family. It is 12-feet long and sounds mellow than the trumpet. It has a valve that is bent into a circle called rotary valves


  french horn
• It is the tenor member of the brass family. It is the only sliding instrument in the brass that uses a slide rather than keys valves or strings.

  trombone
• It is the loudest of all the orchestra instruments and requires tremendous precision of the timpanist. It can be played as both a rhythmic and melodic instrument.

  Timpani
• It consists of wooden bars struck by plastic, wooden or rubber mallets. Each bar is tuned to a specific pitch of the musical scale. It produces wooden, bright rattling, shrill, hollow tinkling and clear sounds.

  xylophone
• It is arranged like the xylophone but with a steel bell instead of wood. It is smaller in size than xylophone, and creates musical sounds that are higher in pitch.

  glockenspinel
• It is played with a drum stick. It is used for rolls in a classical setting or for adding accent to music

  snare drum
• It is a large drum that produces a note of low definite or indefinite pitch. It is used to keep a pulse in music.

  BASS DRUM'
• They are used in pairs and consist of thin, normally round plates of various alloys. They produce sharp, clashing or crashing sounds.

  cymbals
• It has a triangular shape. It is played by striking with a stick.

  TRIANGLE