1. Orchestral Seating Chart ► The symphony orchestra is composed of three groups: Strings, Winds and Percussion ► The String section consists of basses, cellos, violas and violins. ► The Wind section consists of the woodwinds (the blue) and brass (maroon and pink section. ► The Percussion section is the purple section and also includes the piano and harp.

2. Woodwind Family ► The Woodwind family is broken up into single reeds and double reeds. ► It can be broken up in the four basic voice types. ► Soprano- piccolo, flute, oboe (DR), and clarinet (SR). ► Alto- alto saxophone (SR), and English horn (DR). ► Tenor- tenor saxophone (SR), and bassoon (DR). ► Bass- bassoon (DR), baritone saxophone (SR), and bass clarinet (SR).

3. Brass Family ► The Brass instruments are made of metal. ► 1. The soprano consists of trumpet and flugelhorn. ► 2. The alto consists of the French horn. ► 3. The tenor consists of the tenor trombone and the euphonium (tenor tuba). ► The bass voice of the brass is the tuba and bass trombone.

4. The Strings Family ► The String family is divided the same way as the other instruments. ► The soprano voice is the Violin. ► The alto voice is the viola. ► The tenor voice is the Violincello (cello. ► The bass voice is the Double bass. ► Bigger= lower Smaller= higher

5. Percussion ► The Percussion Family is no limited to what is seen here, but these are the orchestra and band basics. ► Anything that can be struck or dropped to create a sound can be put into percussion. ► There are more keyboard Instruments in the percussion than glockenspiel and xylophone. ► The percussion section is extremely important to keeping the ensemble together because they keep the pulse.

6. Keyboard Family ► The Keyboard family is made up of mainly four instruments and they are from left to right: Harpsichord, Organ, Piano, and Digital Key Board. ► The harpsichord and organ were used heavily during the Baroque period. The harpsichord’s strings are plucked to produce a sound, but the organ’s different stops are pulled causing air to pass through different pipes. ► The piano was invented in the very early Classical period and uses hammers to produce sound. It was originally called the pianoforte because of it’s sensivity to dynamics. ► The digital keyboard was invented in the 20 th century and it reproduces digitally recorded sounds when it is played.

7. How the Harpsichord Works

8. How the Organ works

9. How the piano works