What is an orchestra The orchestra is made of four families of instruments Strings Brass Woodwinds Percussion Members of the brass section include French horn Tuba Trumpet trombone All brass instruments are made of long ID: 413488
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The OrchestraSlide2
What is an orchestra?
The orchestra is made of four
families of instruments:StringsBrass
WoodwindsPercussionSlide3
Members of the brass section include:
French horn
Tuba
TrumpettromboneSlide4
All brass instruments are made of long
pieces of coiled tubes
of metal. Their sound comes from the musician's lips as they make a buzzing
noise. The sound coming out of a brass instrument can be changed when the player changes his lip tension.Slide5
French horns are the leaders of the brass
section in the orchestra.
They don't have valves. Instead they have keys.Slide6
The trombone is another member of the brass
family.
You play the trombone by sliding tubing back and forth to make the tube longer or shorter. This changes the sound. Slide7
The trumpet
also
belong to the brassFamily. Long ago trumpets were used during battles. The soldiers would listen
for their special trumpet calls and they would know what to do on the battlefield. Kings like trumpets to play at their royal celebrations because they sound so important and special. Slide8
Tubas are the largest brass instruments.
The first tuba was made in Germany by a composer named Richard Wagner. Slide9
This is a sousaphone. It is in the tuba family.Slide10
The percussion section has many different instruments in it. It is usually in the back of the orchestra. The percussion section is made up of instruments that use a
mallet,
or other device, to strike the instrument and make the sound. Slide11
The
Tympani
is the lowest keyed drum in the orchestra. It can be tuned to many different pitches.Slide12
Even though snare drums have different types and sizes they all have one feature in common. All of them have two heads. The upper head is played and the head underneath has little strips of gut or metal stretched across it. These vibrate to make
a
rattling sound.Slide13
People in the Middle East used to put drums on either side of their camels. The drummer sat on top and played
them. Slide14Slide15
These percussion instruments are smaller, hand held
instruments. Even
though they are very different from other percussion instruments and even from each other, you still play them by hitting them with a mallet.Slide16
The xylophone and glockenspiel are tuned percussion instruments. They hold their tune better that any of the other percussion instruments.
The marimba is a larger, deeper, more mellow-sounding type of xylophone. Slide17
The string section has been a major part of the orchestra for 200
years.There
are two types of stringed instruments, bowed and plucked. Bowed strings are played with a bow, and are the violin, viola, cello and bass. Plucked strings include the harp, guitar, lute, mandolin, banjo, and others.
Slide18
The harpsichord also has strings that are plucked. The piano has strings that are actually hit by small mallets, so it is considered a percussion instrument
.
Slide19
The strings were originally made out of cat gut, just as tennis racket strings used to be made.
Slide20
The bigger the stringed instrument the lower the sound. That’s the case with bass. Large orchestras have 8 to 10
basses.The
bass makes an important rhythm instrument, too.
Slide21
The cello is the second largest of the string section. Of all the strings, the rich, singing sound of the cello make it sound the most like a human voice. Some people believe it is the most expressive instrument in the orchestra. Slide22
The plucked strings include the harp, guitar, lute, mandolin and banjo. The strings are plucked to make sweet, delicate music that is softer than most other instruments.
Slide23
Viola
This instrument is bigger than the violin, though
it looks the same. Its sound is warm, deep and powerful. It
is more difficult to play, due to violists having to stretch their fingers further between notes. Slide24
Violin
The violin plays an extremely important part in the orchestra, but is the smallest of the string family. It plays the main melody in most orchestral music.
Slide25
A woodwind is an instrument that you blow into or over. The squad of the woodwinds is made up of flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, and saxophones. They are called woodwinds, it's because they used to be made of wood, though saxophones are included because they have a reed. Slide26
The
highest woodwind
is the flute. Opening and closing holes in the body of the instrument controls the pitch of the tones.
Slide27
The bassoon is the lowest and largest of the woodwinds. Its sound has a lot of variety, depending on if low, medium or high notes are used. Slide28
Flutes descended from the recorder, and were once made of wood (most piccolos today are still made of wood). They can be made of all types of metal, including silver, gold or platinum, or a combination. Blowing over an empty Coke bottle is the same principle as blowing a flute. Slide29
The oboe is the soprano of the double-reed woodwinds. The sound is produced the same way as the flute, which is by forcing a column of air to
vibrate.Slide30
The clarinet is the most important woodwind in the orchestra, and has a very wide range. It has 18 holes, six of which are covered by fingers and the remainder by keys. Slide31
The saxophone is considered a woodwind because the way it is played is very similar to the clarinet. It is made of brass, and is the only woodwind that has never been made of wood. It has a single reed mouthpiece. It is made of a long, bent tube with holes in it, which are covered by pads called keys. The saxophone has three parts: the body, the neck and the mouthpiece.