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The Instruments of the Orchestra

The Instruments of the Orchestra. Prepared by Mrs. Autry Devers School Fort Bragg, N.C. The String Family. Is the largest family in actual numbers. Has four members. Each has four strings. Are bowed or plucked. Bowed. Plucked. Violin. Viola. The String Family.

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The Instruments of the Orchestra

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  1. The Instruments of the Orchestra Prepared by Mrs. Autry Devers School Fort Bragg, N.C.

  2. The String Family • Is the largest family in actual numbers • Has four members • Each has four strings • Are bowed or plucked

  3. Bowed Plucked

  4. Violin Viola The String Family Cello String Bass

  5. The Brass Family • Four members • Common ancestor is the animal horn • Are played by blowing while buzzing lips

  6. The Brass Family Trumpet French Horn Trombone Tuba

  7. The Woodwind Family • All of the members are or once were, • made of wood • Most of them use reeds on the mouthpiece

  8. The clarinet, oboe and bassoon are wind instruments that sound when the player's breath causes a reed (a thin blade of cane) to vibrate, thereby setting up a sound wave in an enclosed air column.

  9. Flute Clarinet Oboe The Woodwind Family Bassoon

  10. The Percussion Family • Some are pitched • Some are unpitched • Percussion instruments may be • played one of three ways: • Struck • Shaken • Scraped

  11. The Percussion Family Pitched instruments Xylophone or Bells Piano

  12. The Percussion Family Unpitched instruments Cymbals Bongos Sleigh Bells

  13. Bass Drum and Snare Drum are STRUCK

  14. Tambourine and Maracas are SHAKEN

  15. Guiro and Sand Blocks areplayed by SCRAPING

  16. Can you name the instruments? What instrument family do they belong to?

  17. Can you name the instruments? What instrument family do they belong to?

  18. Can you name the instruments? What instrument family do they belong to?

  19. Can you name the instruments? Are they pitched or unpitched? What family do these instruments belong to?

  20. Can you name the instruments? Are they pitched or unpitched? What family do these instruments belong to?

  21. The End

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