1. General Music
A general music lesson for young learners
Learning your instruments
Joseph Keiner
07/16/2013

2. Main Menu
End Show
Woodwinds
Instrument
Introduction
Brass
Post-test
Percussion
Strings

3. Instrument introduction
 Instruments make sounds
 Sounds put together make music
 There are four families of music
instruments
◦ Woodwinds
◦ Brass
◦ Percussion
◦ Strings

4. Woodwind Characteristics
 Usually light and soft sounds
 Press down keys to make sounds
 Some use reeds
 Originally made from wood, but only
clarinet and oboe are made from wood
now

5. Woodwind Instruments
Flute
Clarinet
Saxophone

6. Brass Characteristics
 Instruments made of brass, which gives
them their famous gold color
 Uses valves instead of keys (2-3)
 Bells project the sound
 Use mouth pieces

7. Brass Instruments
Trumpet
Trombone
Tuba

8. Percussion Characteristics
 Any instrument played by striking,
rubbing, shaking, etc.
 The largest family of instruments
 Oldest family of instruments

9. Percussion Instruments
Drums
Keyboards
Auxiliary

10. Strings Characteristics
 All have four strings, except guitar which
uses six
 All have the same body style
 Are played in an orchestra
 Played by bows

11. String Instruments
Violin
Viola
Cello/
Double Bass

12. Post-test
1. Brass instruments
are played by
using keys.
2. Instruments use
sound to make
music
3. Saxophones are
part of the brass
family
Answer
Answer
Answer

13. Credits
Tambourine pic-www.hudsonmusic.com
Cymbal pic-cymbals-01.blogspot.com
Viola pic-commons.wikimedia.org
Cello pic-commons.wikimedia.org
Flute and piccolo pic- www.instrumentalsavings.com
Trumpet pic-www.fallsrivermusic.com
Clip-art Used by Microsoft office clip-art
Info by http://www.naxos.com/education/music_instruments.asp as well as pervious knowledge

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15. Brass Answer
 Instruments made of brass, which gives
them their famous gold color
 Uses valves instead of keys (2-3)
 Bells project the sound
 Use mouth pieces

16. Instruments Answer
 Instruments make sounds
 Sounds put together make music
 There are four families of music
instruments
◦ Woodwinds
◦ Brass
◦ Percussion
◦ Strings

17. Drums
 Are played with either sticks, mallets, or
hands
 All drums have at least one head and a
shell
 Played by cavemen
 Different types:
◦ Snare
◦ Bass
◦ Toms
◦ Djembe

18. Keyboards
 Played by mallets (hard or soft)
 Piano played by fingers
 Types of keyboards:
◦ Piano
◦ Xylophone
◦ Marimba
◦ Vibraphone

19. Auxiliary
 Anything else in the percussion family
 Includes:
◦ Tambourine
◦ Triangle
◦ Maracas
◦ Castanets
◦ Wood Block
◦ Cymbals

20. Violin
 Highest of the string instruments
 Usually played in two separate parts
◦ Violin 1
◦ Violin 2
Played by holding
under chin

21. Viola
 Slightly larger than violin
 Played in C clef, one of the only
instruments that do.
 Also held under the chin

22. Cello/Double Bass
 Deepest string instruments
 Double bass is usually played one octave
lower than the cello
 Played with instrument on the floor

23. Flute
 Silver color
 Played by blowing across the mouth piece
 One of the highest sounding instruments
 Piccolo sounds octave higher than flute, is
also a lot shorter

24. Clarinet
 Black color, made of wood
 Uses a reed to produce the sound
 Smooth lower sounds, but can reach
higher sounds
 Squeaks…A LOT!!!

25. Saxophone
 Made of brass
 Commonly mistaken to be a brass
because of gold color
 Uses a reed to produce sound
 Gritty sound
 Used in jazz

26. Saxophone Answer
 Made of brass
 Commonly mistaken to be a brass
because of gold color
 Uses a reed to produce sound
 Gritty sound
 Used in jazz

27. Trumpet
 Smallest and highest of the brass
instruments
 Three valves
 Early trumpets used no valves, all done
with mouth
 Buzzing the lips in the
mouthpiece makes
the sound

28. Trombone
 Plays in both treble and bass clef
 Uses a slide instead of valves
 Can “slide” in between notes
 Held on shoulder

29. Tuba
 Lowest sounding wind instrument
 Large bell
 Uses either three or four valves
 Sousaphone invented
for the use
of marching bands