1. Introduction to Music Musical Instruments
Instructor Anthony Johnson
Course Music
Introduction to Music Musical Instruments

2. Music: Musical Instruments
What are Musical Instruments
They are different instruments, or different voices that create or produce different tone colors or timbres.
In the instrument family we break it down as follows:
Strings
Woodwinds
Brass
Relative vocabulary list.
Percussion
Keyboard Instruments
Just a reminder music sound is produced by rapid vibrations, and each of the above vibrate to create sound it their own distinct way.

3. Music: Stringed Instruments
THE VIOLIN FAMILY
VIOLIN
The high voice of the string family and considered the most beautiful.
VIOLA
The tenor ranged instrument of the string and it is slightly larger and more mellow than the violin.
CELLO
This is the bass of the violin family, they have a rich sound in the lower range.
Relative vocabulary list.
DOUBLE BASS OR BASS
This instrument is used to back up the violin family and actually belongs to the viol family
HARP
Is more often than not used for effects in the orchestra and is plucked.

4. Music: Woodwinds Woodwind Instruments Flute and Piccolo
The Soprano voices of the woodwinds
Clarinet
This is the tenor voice of the woodwinds and has a richer sound than the flute or piccolo
Oboe
This is a double reed instrument and produces a focused crisp, tingy sound.
English Horn
This is a larger version of the oboe and creates a deeper lower sound.
Relative vocabulary list.
Bassoon and Contrabassoon
Bassoon is the cello of the woodwind family with a warm reedy sound, and the contrabassoon is the bass of the bassoon family.
Play example

5. Music: Woodwinds Cont. Saxophone Soprano Sax-High Alto Sax-Medium High
Much like the clarinet, it is a single reed, but it is made of brass and has a mellower sound. More often than not it is found in jazz and not orchestras.
Much like the other instruments the sax family also has a wide array of voice parts from low to high.
Soprano Sax-High
Alto Sax-Medium High
Tenor Sax-Medium Low
Baritone Sax-Low
A list of procedures and steps, or a lecture slide with media.

6. Music: Brass Instruments
Trumpet
Highest sounding brass instrument. The sound it produces is bright, strong, and piercing tone. Almost an exciting sound.
French Horn
Has a lower thicker tone from the trumpet. They are often referred to as hunting horns
Trombone
It has less bright of a sound than the trumpet but can produce a variety of sounds from a vocal like quality to a a blaring sound in lower registers.
Conclusion to course, lecture, et al.
Tuba
This is the lowest end of the brass family and creates the foundation of the brass family.

7. Music: Percussion Instruments
Timpani
Large kettle drums made usually of brass and are pitched.
Xylophone, marimba, vibraphone
These are instruments made up up plates or slats that are stuck will mallets to produce a pitched sound.
Tubular bells and Chimes
Conclusion to course, lecture, et al.
Hanging tubes struck with a mallet that create a sound like church bells.
Cymbals, triangle, tam-tam, snare drums, tenor drums, bass drums
These instrument are either stuck with sticks to together to produce an unpitched sound.

8. Music: Keyboard Instruments
Piano
The strings are struck by hammers to produce a tone.
Harpsichord
Instead of hammers, the strings are plucked and create a brittle tone.
Organ
Conclusion to course, lecture, et al.
Pipes with air flowing through them produce the sound and has the ability to create a wide variety of tone with the use of stops, or tunes pipes.
Plucked Instruments
Guitar, mandolin, lute, theorbo