1. Oral presentation by Judith Morales
1.Instrument families with sounds and images
Sound and instruments
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Kfm2TkDig&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Instrument families http://youtu.be/EMH2BdcDshQ
Strings family: Violin, Viola, Chelo, String Bass
Bowed (Frotada)/ Plucked (Pulsada)
Brasswind family: Trumpet, Trombone, French Horn, Tuba
Woodwind family: Flute, Clarinet, Oboe, Bassoon
Percussion family Pitched and unpitched (afinados, no afinados)
Pitched; Piano, Bells or Xylophone,Vibraphone,Timbals, etc…
Unpitched
a) Cymbals, bongos, sleigh bells…
b) Bass drum, Snare drum ,Triangle, wood block
c) Maracas, Tambourine,
d) Güiro, sand blocks (velcro frotado)…
a) Hit themselves or hit with your hands
b) Strucked( golpeado con baquetas o mazas- percussion mallets A percussion
mallet or beater is an object used to strike or beat a percussion instrument in order
to produce its sound.)
c )Shaken (agitado),

2. d) Scraped(Rasgado con varilla de madera o metal)
First the video shows and explains different kinds of instrument families . In the minute 3.46
begins the test
2. An amazing performance to learn to difference high and bass notes:
Silent Monks Hallelujah , work of G.F.Haendel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84NScOoEKno&feature=related
3. Ópera Hansel y Gretel of Engelbert Humperdink
http://www.classicalkusc.org/kids//opera/base.htm