Sound Track 1 Introductory Music – Rossini William Tell Overture Track 1 0.00 to 15.

The orchestra is made up of 4 families of instruments: Strings Woodwind Brass Percussion

striking/clashing together Sound created by; Section bowing/plucking blowing striking/clashing together strings woodwind brass No extract percussion

Track 6 Orchestra – Tchaikvosky – end of 1812 Overture

Strings bowing & plucking Track 7 String Family bowing– Britten Simple Symphony Track 8 String Family pizz- – Britten Simple Symphony Playful Pizzicato

Woodwind blowing Track 9 Woodwind – Flute McGuire Prelude for Solo Flute

Brass blowing Track 10 Trumpet -

strike, scrape, shake, clash together Percussion strike, scrape, shake, clash together Track 11 Percussion Reich - Nagoya Marimbas Track 12 Percussion Britten – Young Persons Guide

Look at this diagram of the orchestra Look at this diagram of the orchestra. What do you notice about the percussion family?

The Percussion Family Tuned Percussion Glockenspiel Timpani Xylophone

Timpani

Untuned Percussion Guiro Tambourine Triangle

Untuned Percussion Bodhran Bongo drums Castanets

Striking/hitting Shaking Scraping

Drum kit

Snare Drum This instrument belongs to the percussion family and is played with sticks or brushes.  It can act as two different instruments – a side drum and a snare drum.

This image shows a set of curled, metal wires stretched across the bottom skin of the drum. These are called the snares.

Using the lever on the side, the snares can either be right up against the bottom skin of the drum – which makes it a snare drum and has a 'rattly' sound – or moved away from the bottom skin – which makes it a side drum with a 'dry' sound where no rattles can be heard.

Bass Drum Hi hat cymbals