This document provides an overview of instruments in an orchestra and methods for teaching music. It discusses sections of the orchestra including strings, brass, woodwinds, rhythm, and percussion. It also mentions other classical instruments and proposes helping to start a school band in India at low cost and remotely. The document is copyrighted by Casper Abraham and his company Music International.

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Music Instruments Overview
Focus on the Orchestra

18. Horn Oboe Clarinet Bassoon Flute

19. 1st violin 2nd violin Cello Viola

20. Orchestra Sections
• Strings.
– Violin, viola, cello, double-bass.
• Brass.
– Trumpet, Cornet, Trombone, Tuba, Euphonium.
• Woodwinds.
– Flute, Picolo, Clarinet, Oboe, Bassoon
• Rhythm.
– Piano. Harp.
• Percussion.
– Timpani.

21. Notable omissions ….
• Keyboard instruments.
– Church or Pipe Organ. Harpsichord. Klavier.
• Classical Guitar.
– However …. Concertos exist.
• Saxophone.
– Soprano, alto, tenor and bass.
– Modern instrument. Hardly ever used in orchestral music.
• Recorders.
– Soprano, alto, tenor and bass.
– However …. Concertos exist.
• Accordion Family.
– Piano. Button etc.
• Tab notation for Guitar. Tonic Sol-fa for Singing.
– NOT required if a classical method is adapted.

22. Cultural Elitism
1st World
- Germany, Italy, France, Russia, Spain
2nd World
- UK, USA, Netherlands, Switzerland
3rd World
- Everyone else. Canada, NZ, Australia, Japan, Korea, China, India
Idol Elitism
- Mozart. Bach. Beethoven. Brahms, Tchaikovsky
- LOST. Sense of Great Works.
- LOST. Quality of Programme.
- LOST. Quality of Performance. Output.
Fast-Food Culture
- City Philharmonic
- City Opera House
- Choirs. Chamber Music Societies.
- NO. Growth OR Development.

23. Music International
If in India …
We will help you
Start a School Band.
At LEAST-COST.

24. Music International
If in India …
We will help you
Start a School Band.
QUCIKLY REMOTELY.

25. Music International Teaching Methodology
Age 3 and below Ages 3 to 5 Age 7+
Age 11+

26. Individual Instruments

29. • Mainly Reed or Flue Pipes.
• 32, 16, 8, 4, 2 ft. & variants.
• Manuals : Great. Choir. Swell. Echo.
Solo.
• Till the 17th Century the most
complex man-made device.
• If the violin is the king of
instruments; the pipe-organ is the
God of Instruments.

30. Harp
Harpsichord
Spinet
Clavichord

31. Dulcimer
Harp : Lever & Pedal Types

33. Flute : Clarinet : Oboe : Bassoon English-Horn

34. Soprano : Alto : Tenor : Bass

35. ONLY Orchestra
Instrument

36. Violin
Viola
Cello
Double Bass

37. Soprano Alto Tenor Baritone

38. Trumpet : French-Horn : Trombone : Tuba
Soprano : Alto : Tenor : Bass

39. Trumpet French Horn
Euphonium
Tuba
Trombone
SaxophoneWagner Tuba
Cornet

40. Timpani
GlockienspielSnare Drum

41. Vibraphone
Xylophone
Marimba

42. Other Instruments
Non-Orchestra

44. Music International can source, supply content, teaching aids and materials,
teaches, sheet music & transcriptions for even a 100+ piece orchestra.

45. … Sitar (India) … Sihtar (Persia) …. Githara (Greece) ….
Vihuela
Lute

46. Ukulele
G-C-E-A
Mandolin
g-d-a-e
Banjo
G : D-G-B-D
Balalaika

47. Drum Set

48. Can help you start one. Manage talent. In
the business of creating musicians.

49. From scratch to sustainable performances.

50. Shakers,
Castanets,
Maracas,
Woodblock,
triangle,
Tambourine
, Drum
sticks etc.

55. Group, Instrument Assignment & Performance within our
Music International Annual ONLINE Subscription.

56. The Human Voice
SATB (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass)
6-voices (add Baritone & Contralto or
Mezzo-Sopranoa
Octaves, Ranges. Width. Depth, Timbre.

59. Basses
Baritones Tenors
Contraltos Mezzo-Sopranos Sopranos

60. Piano
Harp
Bassoon
French Horn
Timpani
Double Bass
Flute
Tuba
Euphonium
88-key piano
Cello
Trumpet
Clarinet
Classical Guitar
Violin - Viola
Recorder
Orff Instruments

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