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INSTRUMENT FAMILIES

INSTRUMENT FAMILIES. A Variety of Instruments and the Families in Which T hey B elong. STRING FAMILY. All these instruments have stings. Some strings are made of silk, nylon, or steel Plucked instruments include: Guitar Harp Mandolin Banjo String instrument played with a Bow include

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INSTRUMENT FAMILIES

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  1. INSTRUMENT FAMILIES A Variety of Instruments and the Families in Which They Belong

  2. STRING FAMILY • All these instruments have stings. • Some strings are made of silk, nylon, or steel • Plucked instruments include: • Guitar • Harp • Mandolin • Banjo • String instrument played with a Bow include • Violin • Viola • Cello • Double Bass

  3. STRING Banjo Mandolin Double Bass Guitar Violin Harp

  4. WOODWIND FAMILY • All instruments require wind to create a sound. • Flute/Piccolo are the only woodwind instruments that do not need a reed. • Reed Instruments include: • Clarinet • Saxophone • Double Reed Instruments include: • Bassoon • Oboe

  5. WOODWIND Clarinet Flute Bassoon Oboe Saxophone

  6. BRASS FAMILY • All instruments are made of Metal • All use a cup like mouth piece • Vibrations and Air help make the sounds • Trombone is the only brass instrument without valves • Upper Brass include: • Trumpet • French Horn • Lower Brass include: • Tuba/Sousaphone • Euphonium • Trombone

  7. BRASS Trombone Euphonium Trumpet Tuba Sousaphone French Horn

  8. PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS • All percussion instruments require movement or striking • Piano is often mistaken as a string instrument but it is a percussion. • Percussion instruments have definite (specific notes) or indefinite pitch (non-specific notes) • Definite Pitch Instruments include: • Hand Bells • Marimba • Piano • Xylophone • Indefinite Pitch Instruments include: • Drums • Maracas • Triangle • Tambourine

  9. Percussion

  10. NAME THAT INSTRUMENT • QUESTION 1: • Which instrument in the Woodwind Family does not have a reed?

  11. ANSWER 1: FLUTE

  12. QUESTION 2: • In the String family: if the instrument is not played with a Bow then it is considered a…

  13. Answer 2: • PLUCKED INSTRUMENT

  14. Question 3 • What Family does the solo instrument belong to?

  15. Answer 3 • WOODWIND

  16. Question 4 • What instrument did the soloist play?

  17. Answer 4 SAXOPHONE

  18. Question 5 • What brass instrument is named for The March King, John Philip Sousa?

  19. Answer 5 Sousaphone

  20. Question 6 • Name the instrument in the example.

  21. Answer 6 Piano

  22. Question 7 • What Family does the instrument belong to?

  23. Answer 7 • PERCUSSION

  24. BONUS QUESTION! • What Family is the piano mistaken with? • Why?

  25. Answer • STRING • The piano is mistaken for a string instrument because it have strings. • The piano is considered a Percussion Instrument because it uses hammers to strike the strings to produce a sound.

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