1. Western
and
Asian
Musical
Instruments

2. Western Musical Instruments
• Strings
• Woodwinds
• Brass
• Percussion

3. -- produce sound from one or more
vibrating strings
-- sounded by bowing and plucking
– Bowing
String Instruments

4. • The bow consists of a stick with many
hairs stretched between its ends. Bowing
the instrument's string causes a stick-slip
phenomenon to occur, which makes the
string vibrate.

5. -- produce sound from one or more
vibrating strings
-- sounded by bowing and plucking
– Bowing
– Plucking
String Instruments

6. a method of playing on instruments by
a finger or thumbther quills (now
plastic plectra) to pluck the strings.

7. -- musical instrument that produces
sound by vibration of mouthpiece
reeds
Woodwind Instruments

8. • Bassoon
• Clarinet
• Saxophone

9. • -- musical instrument that produces
sound by vibration of mouthpiece
reeds or by passage of air over the
mouthpiece.
Woodwind Instruments

10. a flute is a reedless wind instrument that
produces its sound from the flow of air
across an opening.

11. -- musical instrument that produces
sound by sympathetic vibration of air
in a tubular resonator in sympathy
with the vibration of the player's lips
-- came with two families:
– Valved
Brass Instruments

12. • use a set of valves operated by the
player's fingers

13. -- a musical instrument that produces
sound by sympathetic vibration of air
in a tubular resonator in sympathy
with the vibration of the player's lips
-- came with two families:
– Valved
– Slide
Brass Instruments

14. • use a slide to change the length of
tubing

15. -- a musical instrument that is sounded
by being struck or scraped by a beater,
or rubbed by hand, or struck against
another similar instrument.
Percussion Instruments

16. • Clapstick
• hang
• Xylophone

17. • Flutes
• Stringed Instruments
• Percussion Instruments
Asian Musical Instruments

18. Musicians play this instrument by placing
their lips at the top end of the flute and
blowing softly.
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19. • Shakuhachi flute
• Nose flute

20. • flutes made from the wing bones of red-
crowned cranes

21. -- The pipa player plucks the strings with his right hand and
uses the fingers on his left hand to manipulate the
strings to create melodies and sound effects.
Stringed Instruments

22. • Asian percussion instruments not only
provide rhythmic accompaniment, but may
also perform dramatic solos. Percussion
instruments may also represent specific
character roles in productions.
• Asian percussion instruments are divided
into three categories:
– Wood
– Brass
– Leather
Percussion

23. • Wooden xylophone
• muyu

24. • Yunlos (cymbals)

25. • The frame of
this drum
consists of thick
pieces of hard
wood fastened
together in a
circle and
enclosed with a
metal band. The
bell-shaped
drum has an
open bottom,
while the top
gets covered
with pig or cow
hide.
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