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Exploring the Families of
Musical Instruments, and
More !
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2. Overview:
• Musical instruments have been used by people to create music for almost
as long as people could think creatively.
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3. Categories:
• Musical instruments, like plants and animals, are categorized
into families. Traditional classical orchestra instruments are
divided into four distinct families. Today, we recognize a fifth
family. Also, non-traditional instruments, new creations, and
odd-ball instruments are classified in the family structure,
based on their characteristics.
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4. The Brass Family
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5. • Brass instruments were traditionally made of brass, but
today, we recognize that some instruments are classed as
“brass” although they’re made of other materials. Some
instruments made of brass are in fact not in the brass family!
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6. • Brass instruments create sound by the musician ‘buzzing’
their lips into a round mouthpiece. Here is a trombone
mouthpiece:
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7. • Brass instruments usually have long, sometimes coiled tubing
which leads to a ‘bell’ where the sound comes out.
French Horn Trumpet
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8. • The Tuba and the Euphonium look very similar, but the Euphonium
has longer, narrower coils, and makes a less abrupt sound.
Left: Tuba Right: Euphonium
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9. • Here are some brass instruments that are not in common use. They look
similar to other more familiar instruments, don’t they!
Ophicleide
(Off-i-clyde)
Cornett
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10. • Here are some really different instruments, that are (believe
it or not) members of the brass family. The player must buzz
their lips as they play:
Didgeridoo Conch
Alphorn
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11. The Woodwind Family
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12. • Woodwinds are, like brass, instruments whose sound is
created by the musician’s breath. However, these
instruments do not require the ‘buzzing’ that the brass need.
There are two types of woodwinds, flutes and reeds.
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13. • The Flute family consists of instruments with which you
blow over a hole or edge to create the sound. These
include all flutes, recorders, and various types of
whistles.
Flute Recorder
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14. • Most of the woodwinds have a mouthpiece with either one or
two reeds. When the musician blows into the mouthpiece,
the reed vibrates to create the sound.
Clarinet
Comparison of the
sizes of 4 different
woodwinds.
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15. Bassoon Oboe bagpipes
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16. Beware!
• The Saxophone is classified as a woodwind instrument.
Although it’s body is made of brass, the mouthpiece contains
a reed, and only exhaling is necessary to make to work.
Didgeridoos, Cornetts and
Alphorns, although they’re
made of wood, are not
woodwinds.
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17. Which of these instruments are woodwinds?
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18. The Strings Family
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19. • Instruments whose sounds are created by manipulating
tightened strings are members of the string family. The strings
may be plucked; they may be scratched with a bow, and they
may be strummed.
Right: Jeff Healey
Far right: Jimmy Page
(Led Zeppelin)
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20. • String quartets consist of two violas, one violin, and one cello.
The viola is slightly larger than the violin, and has a lower
register. Check out the difference in size! The cello is too
large to hold to your chin; it rests on the floor and the player.
sits to play it.
String Quartet Left: Violin Right: Viola
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21. Cello
Electric Bass
Double Bass, or
Contrabass
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22. • There are many different types of guitars, and they can be found in cultures all
around the world. The Classical Guitar is used more frequently in modern
symphonies. Modern rock music is largely guitar-based.
Left: Classical Guitar Center: Mandolin Right: Banjo
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23. • Many guitars are uniquely crafted to create new, innovative
sounds. They often go by their inventor’s name:
Left: Warr Guitar
Above: Dobro
Right: Chapman Stick (Bass Guitar)
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24. • There are too numerous string family instruments to list here.
The string family is one of the most diverse, with countless
different styles found everywhere, and in virtually ever genre
of music.
Top Left:
Hurdy Gurdy
Top Right:
Sitar
Bottom Left:
Mouth Bow
Bottom Right:
Zither
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25. • Harps are also part of the string family; the harp is included in
the classical orchestra.
Left: Classic Harp
Right: Lyre (ancestor of the harp)
Below: Autoharp
The musician
pushes keys while
strumming.
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26. The Percussion Family
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27. • Percussion instruments are those that are played by striking
or shaking.
• All drums are percussion instruments.
• Often, drums are used to keep the rhythm in a musical piece.
They are used for effect and add dynamics to complex
compositions.
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28. • Here are some examples of different types of drums:
Left: Snare drum; Bottom Left: Concert Tom Drums
Bottom Right: Timpani
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29. • Some percussion instruments are tuned instruments, which
means you can play notes in a scale on them:
Left: Chimes (Orchestra)
Bottom Left: Glockenspiel
Bottom Right: Xylophone
Right: Bells
Glockenspiels are
made of metal;
xylophones are made
of wood.
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30. Here are some other familiar percussion instruments:
Left: Tambourine Center: Cymbals Right: Maracas
Left: Triangle Center: Cowbell Right: Wood block
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31. What family of instruments does this belong to?
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32. The Keyboard Family
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33. • Today, many people recognize that there is now a fifth family
of instruments. The keyboard family includes pianos, organs,
electronic keyboards and synthesizers, among others.
• One could argue that a piano is a percussion instrument,
because you strike the keys to play it. It has also been
considered a string instrument, because it has tightly bound
strings which produce the sound.
Left: Strings inside a grand
piano.
Right: Felt mallets that
strike the strings inside an
upright piano
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34. Some other keyboard family instruments:
Top Left: Mellotron – popular in the 1960’s and
70’s, replicates string sounds.
Top Center: Early model Moog Synthesizer
Top Right: Harpsichord, very common Baroque
keyboard, ancestor of the piano
Left: Pipe organ – found in churches and
cathedrals around the world.
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35. What Is This ???
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36. It is called a Theramin. It is played by moving your hands
closer and further from the device, causing the radio
frequencies to change pitch.
Like the theramin, there are other ‘oddball’ instruments that
defy classification. Who knows, maybe there will be more
families of instruments some day!
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37. And then there were…
…these!
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38. Thank You !!!
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