Kinds of Musical Instruments 1
Kinds of Musical Instruments 1
Instruments
String
Instruments
1. Violin The violin is the baby of the string family, and
like babies, makes the highest sounds. There are more
violins in the orchestra than any other instrument (there
can be up to 30!) and they are divided into two groups:
first and second. First violins often play the melody, while
second violins alternate between melody and harmony.
2. Viola is the older sister or
brother of the violin. It is slightly
larger, just over two feet long,
and has thicker strings, which
produce a richer, warmer sound
than the violin.
• Trumpet
• French Horn
• Trombone
• Tuba.
Trumpet
• Characteristics:
• Is the smallest member of its family and plays the
highest pitches with it bright and vibrant sound.
• Is a slender brass pipe with three attached valves.
• It would be 6 ½ feet long.
• How to play:
• -play it by holding it horizontally, buzzing your lips
into the mouthpiece, and pressing down the three
valves in various combination to change pitch.
French Horn
• Characteristics:
• Produce a wide variety of sound ranging from very loud to
very soft, and from harsh and blaring to mellow and smooth.
• 18 feet of tubing is rolled up into a circular shape, with a
large bell at its end.
• How to play:
• Hold it with the bell curving downward and buzz into the
mouthpiece
• The left hand plays the three valves
• It can change the type of sound they make by the way you
place your right hand in the bell.
Trombone
• Characteristics:
• Is the only instrument in the brass family that uses a slide
instead of valves to change the pitch.
• Made of long thin brass pipes
• Two U-shaped pipes are linked at opposite ends to form an
“S”.
• 9 feet long
• How to play:
• Play it by holding it horizontally, buzzing into the mouthpiece,
and using your right hand to change pitch by pushing or
pulling the slide to one of seven different positions.
Tuba
• Characteristics:
• Is the father of the brass family of the family.
• Largest and lowest brass instrument and anchors the harmony not only
of the brass family but the whole orchestra with it deep rich sound.
• It has a long metal tube, curved into an oblong shape, with a huge bell
at the end.
• Range in size from 9 to 18 feet, the larger they are, the lower they
sound.
• How to play:
• Sitting down with the instrument on your lap and the bell facing up.
• you blow and buzz into a very large mouthpiece and use your hand to
press down on the valves which changes the sound.
• It takes a lot of breath to make sound with the tuba.
Percussion
Instruments
PERCUSSION
INSTRUMENTS
Is made up of these
instruments which are
sounded by beating or
striking.
Two Categories of
Percussion
Instruments
Types of Orchestra
Chamber Orchestra – consist of 50 maximum of
instrumentalists, only using the string family.
Symphony Orchestra- Consist of the 4 families of instruments,
namely; string, woodwinds, brass and percussion families of
instruments
The Orchestra
An orchestra is a large instrumental ensemble typical of
classical music, which combines instruments from different
families.
Types of Orchestra
Chamber Orchestra – consist of 50 maximum of
instrumentalists, only using the string family.
Symphony Orchestra- Consist of the 4 families of instruments,
namely; string, woodwinds, brass and percussion families of
instruments
Jazz Violin
History
Jazz violin is the use of the violin or electric violin to improvise
solo lines. Jazz derives African musical traditions.
19th century styles: French quadrilles, ragtime, blues, swing,
Gypsy jazz, and bebop, cool jazz and free jazz Stephane
Grappelli is the greatest Jazz violinist of all time.
Jazz Violin
History
Jazz is a kind of music in which improvisation is typically an
important part.
Modern Styles:
• Traditonal Jazz
• Swing Bepop
• Cool Jazz
• Early Jazz
• Jazz Fusion
• Gypsy Jazz
Jazz Violin
The Violin
The sound produced by the violin is little bit soft.
Types of violin
1. Baroque violin
2. Classical violin
3. Stroh violin
4. Semi- electric violin
5. Electric violin
6. Silent violin
7. Five -string violin
Jazz Violin
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