Instruments of the Orchestra

¨The Percussion Family

¨The String Family

¨The Brass Family

¨The Woodwind Family

¨String Family: Violin, Bass, Cello, Violin, Viola

Harp, Piano.

¨The Woodwind Family: Tenor, Baritone, Alto, Bassoon, Bass Clarinet, Flute, Oboe, Piccolo.

¨The Brass Family: Trumpet, Tuba, Baritone, Trombone, French Horn.

¨The Percussion Family: Triangle, Xylophone, Drums, Bongos, Harp, Gong, Congas, Temple Blocks, Tambourine, Castanets and Marimba.

¨The String Family is a family because all the instruments have strings.

¨You play each instrument by bowing or striking the string.

¨Every instrument which is  a part of the string  have curvy body with long necks.

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¨Woodwind instruments are made out of wood and some with metal.

¨The wind is the air from your breath when you blow.

¨Except for the flute, these instruments use something called a REED to make sound from the instruments. 

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Brass instruments are made out of metal.

¨Brass instruments have three things in common:

¨Mouthpiece

¨Tubing

¨Bell

To change the tone you move the slide or press different valves

¨To play a percussion instrument you scrape it, hit out or shake it.

¨These instruments can be tuned and untuned.

¨Tuned instruments are like the xylophone or the timpani.

¨Untuned instruments have no pitch like the bass drum or castanets.