Instruments and their families 7th Grade Music Appreciation

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Instruments and their families7th Grade Music
Appreciation

• Kristin Sundman

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Introduction

• Naming the four families
• Identifying each instrument
• Grouping the instruments into different ensembles

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Woodwinds

• Flute
• Clarinet
• Oboe
• Saxophone
• Bassoon

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Wooden Instruments

• The title woodwind, comes from the fact that many
  of the instruments in this family are made of
  wood. Such instruments as the oboe, clarinet,
  and bassoon.
• The flute was once made out of a wooden cylinder,
  but they have now switched over to a metal base.
  The flute is still in the woodwind family.

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Brass Instruments

• The title fits this family well, they are all
  made out of the metal brass and each has a
  distinct sound. The trumpet and french horn have
  the highest pitched voices in the brass family
  where the tuba is the lowest pitched voice.
• These are the names of the instruments in the
  brass family
• Trumpet
• Trombone
• French horn
• Euphonium
• Tuba

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Conical versus Cylindrical

• Conical brass instruments are those in which the
  size of the tubing from the mouthpiece to the
  bell gradually increases in diameter. Such
  instruments are the french horn, euphonium, and
  tuba.
• Cylindrical brass instruments keep the same
  diameter of tubing all the way to the bell.
  These instruments include the trumpet and
  trombone.

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Percussion

• There are numerous instruments in this family.
  We will take a look at some of the major and most
  often used instruments.
• Snare drum
• Cymbal
• Bass drum
• Xylophone
• Tambourine
• Steel drums
• Congas

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Two Types of Percussion

• There are Pitched percussion instruments which
  consist of the Vibraphone, xylophone, steel
  drums, and timpani. They are called pitched
  instruments because they can play numerous notes
  on one instrument
• The un-pitched instruments are basically all the
  drums such as, the snare drum, bass drum,
  cymbals, tambourine, and congas. Each of these
  instruments just have one pitch. There are
  different sounds with different sized drums
  (snare drum to bass drum) but they can only play
  one note at a time

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Strings

• Violin
• Viola
• Cello
• String Bass

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Orchestra

• As one can see in this picture of the Cleveland
  Orchestra, there are many different instruments.
  Every String instrument is involved. The string
  basses are in the very back of the picture and
  the violins, violas, and cellos are in the front.
  Also there are woodwinds, brass, and percussion
  instruments in an orchestra.

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Band

• In a band setting, there are all the woodwind,
  brass, and selected percussion instruments.
  There are no string instruments in a band
  ensemble.

University of Akron Symphonic Band
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Smaller Ensembles

• As we have seen, there are basically two
  different ways to combine the majority of the
  instrument families to make a large ensemble.
• There are also other combinations that can create
  smaller ensembles. Some of these small groups
  include, woodwind quintet and brass quintet
• Other groups can be duets and trios with the same
  instruments or with different instruments and
  families.

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Woodwind Quintet

• This is the Solaris Quintet where each member is
  one of the woodwind faculty of the University of
  Akron.
• The instruments involved in a woodwind quintet
  are flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and french
  horn

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Brass Quintet

• This is the American Brass Quintet, which has
  been around since 1960.
• The instruments involved are two trumpets, a
  french horn, trombone and tuba.

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String Quartet

• This is the Mallette String Quartet out of
  California.
• The instruments involved in a string quartet are
  two violins, a viola, and a cello.

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CreditsSolaris Quintet Arioso and Toccata
by Jack Gallagher The CD cover
pictureAmerican Elegy by Frank TichelliMallette
String Quartet Mozart Rondo