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

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

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

4. Track 6 Orchestra – Tchaikvosky – end of 1812 Overture

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

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

7. Brass
blowing
Track 10 Trumpet -

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

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

10. The Percussion Family Tuned Percussion
Glockenspiel
Timpani
Xylophone

11. Timpani

12. Untuned Percussion
Guiro
Tambourine
Triangle

13. Untuned Percussion
Bodhran
Bongo drums
Castanets

14. Striking/hitting
Shaking
Scraping

15. Drum kit

17. 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.

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

19. 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.

20. Bass Drum
Hi hat cymbals