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INSTRUMENTS OF THE ORCHESTRA AND CONCERT BAND. INSTRUMENTS OF THE ORCHESTRA AND CONCERT BAND. In color and sound. Instruments come in four major “families”. Woodwinds Brass Percussion Strings (Sometimes books will include a fifth family: Keyboard). Woodwinds. clarinets. *include*. oboe.
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INSTRUMENTS OF THE ORCHESTRA AND CONCERT BAND INSTRUMENTS OF THE ORCHESTRA AND CONCERT BAND In color and sound
Instruments come in four major “families” • Woodwinds • Brass • Percussion • Strings • (Sometimes books will include a fifth family: Keyboard)
Woodwinds clarinets *include* oboe bassoon saxophones flutes
The Flute Family flute alto flute bass flute piccolo
The clarinet family clarinet Bass clarinet Alto clarinet
Soprano sax Alto sax Tenor sax Baritone sax The saxophone family
Others...... bassoon oboe
Brass *include* trumpets baritones french horn trombones tubas
trombone euphonium baritone trumpet French horn tuba
Percussion *the main instruments* snare drum (There are SO many!!) triangle tympani xylophone cymbals bells bass drum maracas piano (sometimes the piano is labeled as a percussion instrument because it is necessary to hit it in order to play it=)
Strings string bass violin viola piano cello (Sometimes the piano is labeled as a string instrument because of the strings inside that you need in order to play it)
piano bass cello viola violin