arts & humanities musical instrument families timbre timbre (a.k.a. tone color) is the special...
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ARTS & HUMANITIES
Musical
Instrument
Families
Timbre
Timbre (a.k.a. tone color) is the special sound that makes one instrument or voice different from another.
VOICE PARTS
Soprano Highest female vocal range
Alto Lowest female vocal range
Tenor Highest male vocal range
Bass Lowest male vocal range
STRINGSInstruments that make sounds by
vibrating the string in one of the following ways:
1) Drawing a bow across them
2) Plucking them
3) Striking them
STRINGS
Guitar
Harp
Violin family
WOODWINDSInstruments originally made from wood that are now often made of metal or plastic. They set a column of air into vibration by wind moving:1) Across a mouthpiece
2) Into a whistle-like mouthpiece
3) Over 1 reed
4) Over 2 reeds
WOODWINDS
Flute
Recorder
Clarinet
Oboe
BRASS
Instruments usually made of brass. They create sound from the vibration of the performer’s lips buzzing into a cuplike mouthpiece. They have 2 ends.
1) Mouthpiece end
2) Bell shaped end (to amplify sound)
BRASS
TrumpetTrombone
French HornTuba
PERCUSSION
These are the most ancient instruments. They are used to make rhythm. There are two groups of percussion instruments.
PERCUSSIONMembranophones
Also known as the drum family. An instrument with a membrane (drum head) stretched across a form (drum body). The membrane is struck by a hand or with a stick.
PERCUSSIONMembranophones
Tambourine
Snare Drum
Bass
Bongo
PERCUSSION
Idiophones
Make sounds by striking rubbing, shaking, or rattling the materials they are made of.
PERCUSSION
Idiophones
XylophoneChimesTriangleCymbals