GRADE 45

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GRADE 4/5 AH-E-1.1.36 AH-E-1.1.39
When I present this PowerPoint project, I bring
instruments in for the kids to see, and I play a
CD from the instrument bank so they can listen to
how the instruments sound.
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There are four families of instruments.

• Woodwinds
• Brass
• Strings
• Percussion

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• Flute
• Oboe
• Clarinet
• Bassoon

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• Originally made of wood.
• Played by blowing across or into the tube of the
  instrument.
  
• Air column inside the tube is set in vibration
  and tones are produced.
  
• Different pitches are created by changing the
  length of the column of air
  
• Pitch low if column of air is long, high if
  column of air is shorter.

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• Flute has no separate mouthpiece
• Clarinets mouthpiece has single reed
• Oboe and Bassoon are double-reed instruments -
  two reeds tied together.

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• Trumpet
• Trombone
• French Horn
• Tuba

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• Sometimes called brass wind instruments.
• Player blows into a mouthpiece to create the
  tone
  
• Consists of long metal tube with a mouthpiece and
  a bell-shaped opening
  
• Pitch low if tube is long, high if tube is short

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• 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
  
• Trumpet and French horn has three valves
• Trombone uses length of slide
• Tuba has four valves

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• Violin
• Viola
• Cello
• Bass

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• Made from wood, fingerboard on long neck, and
  four strings
  
• Each has a special bow made of wood and fine
  horsehairs
  
• Tone produced by vibrations or motion of the
  strings pulling the bow across or plucking the
  strings - pizzicato

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• 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

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• Timpani or Kettle Drums snare drums,
• Xylophones
• Orchestra bells
• Cymbals, finger cymbals
• tambourine, triangle
• maracas, claves
• woodblock/sandblock
• castanets, jingle bells and taps

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• Played by being
• struck
• shaken
• scraped

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Music Quiz 3 - Instrument FamiliesAnswer the
following questions. Each question is worth 10
points. 1. Which is not an instrument family
in an orchestra?StringsPercusionTrumpets2.
To which family do the trombone and tuba
belong?WoodwindBrassBass3. The saxophone is
a member of which family?BrassPercusionWoodwind

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4. Which instrument does not belong in the
percussion family?flutesnare drumtambourine5.
Which family has the most variety of
instruments?WoodwindPercussionStrings6. To
which family does the cello belong?StringsWoodwi
ndPercussion
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7. Who is the person in front of the orchestra
that keeps everyone playing together?Constructor
ConductorConcert master8. Which is the
highest pitched brass instrument?Trombone
Trumpet French Horn 9. What is the highest pit
ched woodwind instrument?ClarinetOboePiccolo
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10. Which instrument is a member of the brass
family, but is played with a reed like members of
the woodwind family?SaxophoneFrench
HornBassoonBonus Which family of instruments
does not play in a marching band?
Percussion Woodwind String
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OPEN RESPONSE

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We have discussed the different families of
instruments (brass, woodwind, percussion, and
strings). Pick one family of instruments. De
scribe THREE of the instruments in that family.
List the appearance of each instrument, type of
sound the instrument makes, and how the
instrument is played.