Woodwind Family

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Woodwind Family
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Alphorn by Alex Ledezma

• Brass family
• (Moving object vibrates air to create sound
• (Vibrating reeds without resonators

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Ken BauBy Karina Garza

• Woodwind family
• The Ken Bau is a solo instrument.
• Ken Bau is made in china.

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Sao FluteBy Davyd Hubler

• Woodwind family
• Its made from fine bamboo, it has 10 finger
  holes and is 30cm.
• Its from Vietnam.
• Solo instrument.

www.tienghatquehuong.com/instruments/SaoTruc.htm
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Tenor SaxophoneBy Jose Martinez

• Jazz band
• The tenor saxophone of the bigger members of the
  saxophone
• The inventor's name is Adolphe Sax
• The group it plays in is Jazz

http//www.answers.com/topic/tenor-saxophone
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PiccoloBy Jessica Ibarra

• Woodwind Family
• The Piccolo is just like the flute but smaller
  and is really made out of silver and wood.
• It has higher pitch than the flute.
• It plays in an orchestra ,concert band ,and
  marching band.

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nds. html
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OboeBy Gabriella Chavez

• Woodwind Family
• Its name was hautbois.
• The Oboe To day is a little bit over two feet
  long .

http//www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/texto/Oboe
.html
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HarmonicaBy Francisco Carrasco

• Woodwind family
• A harmonica is a very common free reed musical
  wind instrument
• Having multiple variably tuned brass or bronze
  reed each

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FluteBy John Pounders

• Marching / Jazz / Rock / Orchestra / Concert
  band.
• Woodwind Family.
• It is two feet long.
• It is copper and it weights two pounds.
• Shepherds in the bible played it.

http//datadragon.com/education/instruments/winds.
shtml
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English Horn By Amanda Garcia

• Woodwind Family
• The English Horn was made in England.
• The English Horn is six inches longer then the
  Oboe.
• The English Horn does not look like a horn.
• It plays in concert Band and orchestra.

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ClarinetBy Emily Bunch

• Woodwind family.
• The clarinet is closely to the saxophone.
• The clarinet is constructed of a wooden tube with
  a cylindrical bore.
• Orchestra and the concert band.

http//www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/textc/Clar
inet.html
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Cane fluteBy Corey Lee

• Woodwind family
• Straight Bamboo pipe in D. Seven front Holes
• Originated in India
• It plays solo

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BagpipesBy Alexandria Riley

• Woodwind Family
• Bagpipes are thought to been use in ancient
  Egypt.
• The bagpipe was a instrument of the Roman
  infantry while the trumpet was used by the
  cavalry
• As a musical instrument of war, the great pipers
  of the highland were without equal, according to
  the historians.
• It is also a solo instrument

http//www.visitdunkeld.com/bagpipe-history.htm
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Bass Clarinet By Damian Gracia

• Woodwind family
• If you can see the Bass Clarinet it is very
  long. It has a crooked neck.
• The Bass Clarinet is a single-reed instrument and
  is made out of wood
• It plays In orchestra and concert bands.

http//www.dsokids.com/art/instruments/photo1200ba
ssclar.jpg
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Baritone SaxophoneBy Marquiz Turner

• Woodwind Family
• Baritone is the largest Saxophone.
• It is found in jazz, rock, and marching bands.
• Baritone Saxophone has a low sound .

http//www.answers.com/topic/baritone-saxophone
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American FifeBy Luis Booker

• Woodwind Family
• American fife.
• Made in the U.S.A.
• The fife has been associated with military music
  at least since the early 1500s.
• The fifes are 15 inches long.

http//www.apollosaxes.com/americ-anfife.html
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String family
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ViolaBy Joey Garcia

• String family.
• The Viola has 4 strings. It is not a violin it is
  a bigger cousin of the violin.
• The viola was born in Italy.
• The viola plays in an orchestra.

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ZitherBy Daniel Flores

• String family
• It has sixteen strings.
• It is played with a bow or a pick
• The zither plays in rock and roll bands and
  country.

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/Marxolin/MarxolinViews/marxolin03.jpg
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ViolinBy Jennifer Gracia

• String Family
• In Europe, the violin can be traced back to 9th
  century, with its origin possibly in Asia.
• The strings are made to vibrate by rubbing or
  plucking.
• It performs in the Ochrsta.

http//www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/textv/Viol
in.html
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UkeleleBy Kyle Poynter

• solo instrument.
• The Ukelele is in the string family.
• The Ukelele has 4 strings and looks like a guitar
  except it has a nicer, sweeter sound.
• Hawaiians could play the ukelele so fast that it
  seems that they dont have hands.
• The Ukelele is solo instrument.

http//www.ukes.com/ukelele_history.html
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Acoustic GuitarBy Kayla Mae LaCoste

• String family
• Guitar ,12 string, bright ,gold , it a lot of
  money
• Dobra has come to refer to a certain type of
  acoustic guitar.
• Jazz.

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CelloBy Cory Hill

• String Family
• Its shaped like a violin but its larger.
• The earliest known cello was made in Italy.
• The cello is in orchestra and plays as a solo
  instrument.

http//www.dsokids.com/2001/dso.asp?PageID218.
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Electric guitarBy Brock Anthony Dumesnil

• String family
• Curved design, it has 6 strings
• The electric guitar is a solo instrument
• The electric guitar plays in rock ,country, and
  concert bands.

http//www.history-of-rock.com/guitarstwo.htm
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GuitarronBy Karla Jimenez

• String Family
• The six string Mexican guitarron, also called the
  Guitarron de Toloche is characteristic of
  Jalisco, and is the one most often seen in the
  Mariachi ensemble.

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terest/Acbass/guitarron.html
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MandolinBy Margarita Hernandez

• String Family
• It is a light brown and it has dark brown on the
  bottom of the hole where the strings are.
• About 14 people that are artist or songwriters
  play the Mandolins guitars.

http//www.breedloveguitars.com/artists/index.html
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KotoBy Eulices Mata

• String Family
• Koto are about 180 cm long and have 13 string
  that are strung tautly across 13 movable bridges
  along the length of the instrument.
• It is from China.

http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ImageKotoPlayer.jpg
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Pipaby Shane Archer

• String family
• The Pipa has 4 strings it is shaped like a tear
  drop. It has handles on the end and it has 4
  little dots on the end of the strings.
• The wood is made from foilsman plat mina and it
  is cool.
• It is a Chinese instrument .

http//www.shef.ac.uk/music/staff/js/AbPipa.html
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Fiddle By Krista Gonzales

• String family
• It looks like a violin and it is about 4 feet
  long.
• The fiddle used to be played in schools for the
  pledge of allegiance.
• A fiddle plays folk music.

http//www.projectsandhobbies.com/bluegrassfiddle.
htm
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SitarBy Kelley Salinas

• String Family
• It has 18 to 19 strings.

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DobrosBy Jacqueline May Soto

• String Family
• The Dobro is some type of Acoustic Guitar with a
  metal resonator set in to the body.
• Unlike the Traditional guitar, in the resophonic
  guitar, the bridge over which the strings pass is
  attached to a reinforced metal resonator which
  produces the sounds .

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Double BassBy DeJuan Bell
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Sarod by Sasha Guerrant

• String family
• The sardo is a European instrument.
  
  
• it was the first music of guru ustad .
• Its basically a solo instrument and plays in a
  oriental group.

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Electric bass guitarChantal Gonzalez

• String family
• The electric bass guitar is inspired by the
  double bass
• The electric bass guitar was created in 1936

http//www.riffinteractive.com/expguitar/instrumen
ts_1.htm
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Banjoby Alex Garcia

• String family
• It looks different because it is round.
• It only has four or five strings. The banjo can
  be played in several styles of music including
  American folk music.
• Country and Blue grass

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Percussion Family
Ember Davidoski
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Percussion Family
By Eduardo Aguilera
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XylophoneBy Roberto Lucio

• The xylophone is in the Percussion family.
• The xylophone originated in Africa.
• It consists of wooden bars of various lengths
  that are struck by a plastic, wooden, or rubber
  mallet
• Each bar is tuned to a specific pitch of the
  chromatic scale. The arrangement of the bars is
  similar to the layout of the piano keyboard.

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Woodblock By Sahyly Vazquez

• Percussion Family
• It looks like wooden block of wood. It has a
  long rectangle hole on one of the sides.
• This is a Japanese instrument.
• This instrument plays in the orchestra, and other
  groups.

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TimpaniBy Jorge Perez

• Percussion family
• They can be tuned for a more deeper sound.
• Has a foot pedal to change pitches.
• Timpani are used for
• rolls.
• Timpani is sometimes played in a orchestra,
  concert and marching bands.

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Timbalesby Samantha Buentello

• Percussion Family
• It has two heads and is performed with two
  sticks.
• Timbales were developed in Cuba.
• Timbales are in Mambo bands and in jazz groups.

http//www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/textt/Timb
ales.html
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Talking drumsBy Andrew Ramos

• My instrument is in the percussion family
• Developed in the late 1700s
• It is made in Senegal Africa
• It was first played by Arab members.

http//www.cse.ogi.edu/Drum/encyclopedia/t.html
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TriangleBy Savannah Saldivar

• Percussion Family
• A three-sided (triangular shaped) percussion
  instrument made of a bent metal bar.
• Makes a high sound
• Marching band, concert band, jazz band,
  Orchestra, and Latin groups

http//www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/textt/Tria
ngle.html
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TambourineBy Conniel Lloyd

• My instrument is in the percussion family.
• It is a drum made with a circular frame and
  little cymbals.
• It has a drum head.
• It plays in the symphony orchestra, concert
  bands, rock bands, country bands.

http//www.dsokids.com/2001/dso.asp?PageID174
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Suspended CymbalsBy David Sydnor

• Percussion family
• The cymbal is held by a rod and has three legs.
• It is played with a stick or mallet rather than
  struck against another cymbal.
• It is used in concert bands, symphonic orchestra,
  and in a drum set.

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dedcymbals.htlm
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Snare DrumBy Kiundra Jones

• Percussion Family
• This drum has one head
• This Snare Drum is unique because it has snares
  at the bottom that look like chains that is how
  it got its name.
• Today snare drums play in orchestra, jazz,
  concert, rock and marching bands.

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Sleigh bellsBy Gustavo Faustino

• Percussion family
• Has a wooden handle to which sleigh bells are
  attached by strips of leather.
• Marching band, concert band, jazz band,
  Orchestra, and Latin groups

http//www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/texts/Slei
ghbells.htmlg
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CastanetsBy Ashley Gonzalez

• Percussion family
• Castanets are mostly seen Latin groups.
• Castanets are played by Belly dancers
• This instrument is made out of wood, steel and
  yarn .

http//www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/textc/Cast
anets.html
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MarimbaBy Cece Schexnayder

• It is a percussion instrument.
• It is a long, and big . It looks like a woodwind
  but it sounds like percussion..
• This instrument is an African and Latin
  instrument.
• This instrument can play in jazz , orchestra and
  other groups.

http//www.lafi.org/magazine/articles/marimba.html
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MaracasBy Luis Lopez

• Percussion family
• The Maracas are
• made with bibis and wood
• This intrument is mosly made in Mexico
• This instrument is played in Latin bands, concert
  bands and orchestras.

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KalimbaBy Carlos Garza

• Percussion family.
• Looks like a piano has a hole in the center and
  has metal keys.
• It is used in Africa, the keys are called
  lamellas.
• It is used as a solo instrument or as an
  accompaniment.

http//www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/textk/Kali
mba.html
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DjembeBy Kaitlyn McCain

• Percussion Family
• It has one head and has goat skin around it. The
  drum has a bright sound.
• The drum is played by healers, story tellers,
  and for dances.
• It is in the Asza group.

http//www.asza.com/idjembe.shtml
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DatanguBy Gabby Sonnier

• Percussion family
• The Datangu is made in China.
• The Datangu is used for Lion dancing.
• My instrument is mostly made out of wood and
  covered with animal skin.

http//www.drumjourney.com/world/instr/index.htm
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Glockenspielby Billie Baggett

• Percussion
• Similar to a xylophone and has thin metal strips
  attached to wood.
• The bars are laid out to resemble a piano
  keyboard
• Orchestra, military band, marching band, and
  concert band.

Credithttp//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glockenspiel
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Chimes By Cassie Cox

• Percussion family
• Cylinder-shaped tubes ranges from c to f on the
  treble clef, sounds like church bells,
• Marching band, Symphony Orchestra, andConcert
  Band

http//www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/textc/Chim
es.html
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Crash cymbalsBy Carlos Rodriguez

• Percussion family
• It is two round metal plates
• When you crash them it makes a loud noise.
• Marching bands, concert bands and orchestra.

http//www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/textc/Cymb
al.html
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Congo DrumsBy Stephanie Tellez

• The Congo drum is played by the tapping rhythm
  of your fingers.
• It is a one head percussion instrument.
• The Congo drums are from Cuba and Puerto Rico
• It plays in Latin and jazz groups.

http//www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/textc/Cong
a.html
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Bongo DrumsBy Joey Quintanilla

• Percussion Family.
• It was made in Cuba.
• The bongos were popular in music in America in
  the 1950s.
• It is part of Cubas culture.
• It is played with both hands.

http//www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/textb/Bong
os.html
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The Keyboard family
By Ayana Lamb
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Organby Samantha Trout

• Keyboard family.
• The organ is very large and has a great sound.
• The organ is one of the oldest instruments.
• The organ has a different pipe for every key.

http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_28music29
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ClavichordBy Delia Quintanilla

• Keyboard family
• Its very old in the 14 century.
• Its made of metal and its shaped like a rods.
• One note of the clavichord is free to vibrate.
• The craftsman or continue to make a Clavichord.

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Harpsichordby Justin Gordon

• Keyboard Family
• It is made out of wood and his a light brown
  paint job.
• It was the ancestor of the piano.
• The strings are plucked.

http//sc.lpisd.org/education/staff/staff.php?sect
ionid1888
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Melodeonby Lyndsey Simmons

• Keyboard family.
• Accordions can be black ,light brown, dark brown,
  red, and blue.
• They have many sounds.
• Its played by pulling and pushing the bellows.

http//www.allaboutaccordions.com/starter.htm
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Piano By Ayana Lamb

• Keyboard family
• Upright Piano
• This keyboard has 88 keys. Like any other
  keyboards the oldest keyboards have 85 keys.
• Some keyboards until the 15th century add 7
  naturals to each octave.

http//www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/textp/Pian
o.html
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FortepianoBy Alexis Armstrong

• Keyboard Family
• Its sound depends on how the player touches it.
• It existed from its invention around 1700 up to
  the early 19th century.

http//sask.usask.ca/solose/piano.html
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AccordionBy Mirayah Ochoa

• Keyboards
• An Accordion has a right hand keyboard that is
  similar to a piano.
• The Accordion has two body parts called the
  keyboard and, the other one is called the
  squeezebox.

http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accordion
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The brass family
By Michael Carney
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WaldhornBy Victoria Stewart

• Brass family
• It is consists if a mouthpiece,
• some long coiled tubing, and
• a large flared bell.
• The Waldhorn is the ancestor
• of the modern-day French horn differentiated by
  its lack of valves.

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Tubaby Zachary Barnett

• Brass family
• Almost every band has a tuba.
• The Tuba has a very low and loud sound because it
  is so big.
• If the tuba is streched out it will be
  twenty-seven feet long.

http//library.thinkquest.org/J002478F/tuba_and_ba
ritone.htm
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TrumpetBy Cody McKay

• Brass Family
• It has an oval shape in the middle and valves in
  the middle.
• Pictures of the trumpet were first found in King
  Tuts tomb.
• Romans ,Tibetans, and Israelites only let priests
  play the trumpet.
• In some cultures the trumpets were only an inch
  long.

http//www.sd64.bc.ca/7Esimsband/band/trumpet/tru
mpethistory.html
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Tromboneby Ariel Corpus

• Brass Family
• The Trombone is an integral part of the
  orchestra, marching and jazz bands.
• The trombone is the most recognizable wind
  instrument with one slide section.

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SousaphoneBy Shivangi Patel

• Brass Family
• A sousaphone is played in the same manner as all
  other brass instruments.
• It is today manufactured in its greatest degree
  of perfection by the C.G. Conn Company.
• It replaces the tuba in the marching band.

http//www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/texts/Sous
aphone.html
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Shofarby Kasi Turner

• Brass family
• The Shofar horn was made from animal horns.
• The Shofar horn was used in the earlier days with
  the Jewish music.
• The horn has not changed in 5,000 years.
• The horn was used as a warning call.

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Saxhorn by Diana Aleman

• Brass family
• Three-piece single-loop brass body with up right
  bell and detachable leadpipe.
• It was created by Belgian innovator Adolphoe Sax.

http//www.usd.edu/smm/UtleyPages/DoublePistonValv
es/DoublePistonValveChecklist.html
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Mellophoneby Tony Briones

• Brass family
• Its takes the French horns place in a marching
  band.
• They used them in the civil war band.
• Mellophones are a cheap way to teach a kid to
  play a horn.

http//home.earthlink.net/7Emellophone/
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Herald trumpetby. Martin Vasquez

• Brass family
• Its four feet long.
• Its constructed so that the Bell extends about
  twice as far forward as the normal trumpet.

http//www.swordsofhonor.com/heraldstrumpet.html
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French HornBy Jesus Deleon

• Brass Family
• The horn of hunting became spiral so its length
  would not interfere with its mobility.
• This natural horn became more refined and found
  its way to the early Classical orchestra as a
  character instrument, implying military or
  hunting scenes.

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Euphoniumby Amy Smith

• Brass
• Looks like a miniature tuba.
• It didnt become an instrument until the 20th
  century.
• It replaced Richard Warrens tenor Tuba.

http//www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/texte/Euph
onium.html
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DidgeridooBy Michael Carney

• Woodwind
• Traditionally it was made from Eucalyptus Trees
  in Australia.
• Over 100,000 years old.
• The Didgeridoo can be used to lower heart rate
  and blood pressure.

http//www. Sound for health. com/didgeridoo .html
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CornetBy Tori Wise

• Brass Family
• It was created in 1828
• Halary added valves to the circular posthorn,
  calling his invention the Cornet ordinaire.
• It is smaller than a trumpet.

http//www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/textc/Corn
et.html
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Baritoneby Randolph Merritt

• Brass family
• Baritones have 3 or 4 valves.
• It makes a low sound.
• A euphonium has mostly conical tubing, the
  baritone is mostly cylindrical.

http//home.earthlink.net/7Etenorhorn/baritonehis
tory.html
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BuglebyGabrielle Swanagan

• Its in the Brass Family.
• The Bugle is a very small Instrument.
• It is played by the mouth with no valves.
• The Bugle was one of the first instruments to be
  made.

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200210243.html
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By Justin HernandezSoprano Trumpet

• Brass Family
• Has a very high register enabling the use of open
  harmonics and avoidance of cross-fingerings.
• It is the smallest trumpet

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