Music Instruments Band

Welcome to your first day! This quarter you will: Learn to read music Learn the instrument families and instruments! Select the instrument for you! How to take care of your instrument Learn fingerings/slide positions/technique on your instrument

Instrument Family! Brass-If you think the brass family got its name because the instruments are made of brass, you're right! Brass players use their breath to produce sound, but instead of blowing into a reed, you vibrate your own lips by buzzing them against a metal cup-shaped mouthpiece.

Instrument Family! Woodwinds- The instruments in this family all used to be made of wood, which gives them their name. Today, they are made of wood, metal, plastic or some combination. Some use a thin piece of wood called a reed, which vibrates when you blow across it.

Instrument Family! Percussion-Percussion instruments include any instrument that makes a sound when it is hit, shaken, or scraped. It's not easy to be a percussionist because it takes a lot of practice to hit an instrument with the right amount of strength, in the right place and at the right time.

Instrument Family! Strings- musical instruments that produce sound from vibrating strings. The bodies of the string instruments, which are hollow inside to allow sound to vibrate within them, are made of different kinds of wood, but the part of the instrument that makes the sound is the strings, which are made of nylon, steel or sometimes gut. The strings are played most often by drawing a bow across them.

Instruments You Can Choose! Flute Clarinet Saxophone Trumpet Trombone Baritone/Tuba ( if instrument is available) Percussion

Flute!

Is in the Woodwind family! In ancient times, made of wood, but today it is made of different metals (silver, nickel, gold) Blow air through the opening in the mouthpiece. Piccolo, flute, alto flute, bass flute, contrabass flute Flute example:

Clarinet!

Is in the Woodwind family! Made of wood or plastic Played by blowing air across a single reed attached to the mouthpiece. Clarinet, Eb clarinet, bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet Clarinet example: ItJSAVBOMjYwrst1P9 ItJSAVBOMjYwrst1P9

Saxophone!

Is in the Woodwind family! Made of brass However, considered a woodwind instruments because you blow air across a single reed attached to the mouthpiece. Soprano Sax, Alto Sax, Tenor Sax, Baritone Sax Saxophone example:

Trumpet!

In the Brass family! Made of brass Vibrate lips by buzzing them against a metal cup-shaped mouthpiece. Trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet Trumpet example: PdvEj5gvItJSAVBOMjYwrst1P9 PdvEj5gvItJSAVBOMjYwrst1P9

Trombone!

Is in the Brass family! Made of brass Vibrate lips by buzzing them against a metal cup- shaped mouthpiece. Alto trombone, tenor trombone, bass trombone Trombone example: vItJSAVBOMjYwrst1P9 vItJSAVBOMjYwrst1P9

Tuba!

In the Brass family! Made of brass Vibrate lips by buzzing them against a metal cup-shaped mouthpiece. Baritone/Euphonium, Tuba or Sousaphone Tuba example:

Percussion!

In the Percussion family! Played by being struck or scraped by a Beater; struck, scrapped or rubbed by hand; or struck against another instrument Xylophone, tambourine, cymbals, timpani, snare drum, triangle, bass drum, piano Percussion example:

Other instruments … Woodwinds Oboe Bassoon