a ppt on musical instruments ....
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14. • Sometimes called brass wind instruments.
• Consists of long metal tube with a mouthpiece
and a bell-shaped opening
• Player blows into a mouthpiece to create the
tone
• To produce sound player buzzes his lips into the
mouthpiece and causes the air inside to vibrate
• Bell helps to make tone louder and create quality
of tone
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16. TRUMPET
• BRASS FAMILY
• Highest sounding
instrument of the
brass family
• “cup” shape
mouthpiece
• “Buzz” lips to play
• 3 “keys” or “valves”
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19. • Shapes are similar but sizes vary from small to
large
• pitch low if string is long and heavy
• pitch high if string is shorter and lighter
• Tone produced by vibrations or motion of the
strings pulling the bow across or plucking the
strings.
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21. GUITAR
Guitar’s strings are plucked or
strummed and thus sound is
created
The modern form of the guitar
was developed in Spain in late
1800s
Guitar typically has six strings (E,
A, D, G, B, E), but four, seven,
eight, ten, eleven, twelve,
thirteen and eighteen string
guitars also exist.
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23. BASS
• STRING FAMILY
• 4th largest
• Very low sound
• Stand to play
• Four strings
• Use a stick called a
“bow” or “Pizzicato”
(pluck to play)
24. VIOLIN
• STRING FAMILY
• Smallest string
instrument in the
orchestra
• High sound
• Four strings
• Use a stick called a
“bow” or “Pizzicato”
(pluck to play)
• Place under chin to
play
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26. • Played by either striking, shaking or scraping.
• Involves the use of sticks
• Three types of percussion are there
27. SNARE DRUM
• PERCUSSION FAMILY
• Played with 2 sticks
• “Snares” or coiled wires are
stretched across bottom
• Plays various “rhythmic
patterns”
• A drum it is
28. TYMPANI OR KETTLEDRUM
• A type of the drum
• Large copper or
fiberglass bowl with
“head” of calf skin or
plastic
• Pedals at bottom
loosen or tighten the
“head” to change
pitches
29. CYMBALS
• Auxiliary
• 2 circular brass plates of
equal size
• Can have many size pairs
of cymbals
• May be struck together or
“hit” or “brushed” with a
stick
30. XYLOPHONE
•Mallet
•Was invented in
Indonesia
•Sound is created by
hitting the bars