2. Timbre
Timbre (a.k.a. tone color)
is the special sound that
makes one instrument or
voice different from
another.
3. VOICE PARTS
Soprano Highest female vocal range
Alto Lowest female vocal range
Tenor Highest male vocal range
Bass Lowest male vocal range
4. STRINGS
Instruments 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
6. WOODWINDS
Instruments originally made from wood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
8. 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)
10. PERCUSSION
These are the most ancient
instruments. They are used
to make rhythm. There are
two groups of percussion
instruments.
11. PERCUSSION
Membranophones
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.