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Title: Musical Instruments


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Musical Instruments
  • By Betsy Logeman

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Families of Instruments
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Which Family?
How do they decide which instrument belongs to
which family? By how the sound is produced.
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Brass Qualifications
  • Sound is made by buzzing on a brass mouthpiece
  • Instruments are made of brass
  • Remember some instruments are made of brass but
    use a different mouthpiece.

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Brass Family
Remember these are only the most common examples
from the brass family. You will learn about many
other instruments from the brass and other
families.
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Woodwind Qualifications
  • Sound is made by blowing on a mouthpiece
    containing a reed
  • exception the flute group
  • Instruments may be made of wood, brass or metal

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Woodwind Family
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String Qualifications
  • Sound is made by vibrating a string with a bow or
    your finger
  • Instruments are made of wood and (usually) metal
    strings

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String Family
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Percussion Qualifications
  • Sound is made by plucking, hitting, shaking,
    scraping, blowing, etc
  • Instruments are made of plastic, wood, animal
    skins, etc
  • Piano belongs here because the sound is made by
    hammers hitting the strings

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Percussion Family
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The End
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