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Musical instruments by zager guitars
- 1. Zager Guitars Exploring the Families of Musical Instruments, and More ! Zager Reviews
- 2. Overview: Musical instruments have been used by people to create music for almost as long as people could think creatively. Zager Guitars Zager Reviews
- 3. Categories: Musical instruments, like plants and animals, are categorized into families. Traditional classical orchestra instruments are divided into four distinct families. Today, we recognize a fifth family. Also, non-traditional instruments, new creations, and odd-ball instruments are classified in the family structure, based on their characteristics. Zager Guitars Zager Reviews
- 4. The Brass Family Zager Guitars Zager Reviews
- 5. Brass instruments were traditionally made of brass, but today, we recognize that some instruments are classed as brass although theyre made of other materials. Some instruments made of brass are in fact not in the brass family! Zager Guitars Zager Reviews
- 6. Brass instruments create sound by the musician buzzing their lips into a round mouthpiece. Here is a trombone mouthpiece: Zager Guitars Zager Reviews
- 7. Brass instruments usually have long, sometimes coiled tubing which leads to a bell where the sound comes out. French Horn Trumpet Zager Guitars Zager Reviews
- 8. The Tuba and the Euphonium look very similar, but the Euphonium has longer, narrower coils, and makes a less abrupt sound. Left: Tuba Right: Euphonium Zager Guitars Zager Reviews
- 9. Here are some brass instruments that are not in common use. They look similar to other more familiar instruments, dont they! Ophicleide (Off-i-clyde) Cornett Zager Guitars Zager Reviews
- 10. Here are some really different instruments, that are (believe it or not) members of the brass family. The player must buzz their lips as they play: Didgeridoo Conch Alphorn Zager Guitars Zager Reviews
- 11. The Woodwind Family Zager Guitars Zager Reviews
- 12. Woodwinds are, like brass, instruments whose sound is created by the musicians breath. However, these instruments do not require the buzzing that the brass need. There are two types of woodwinds, flutes and reeds. Zager Guitars Zager Reviews
- 13. The Flute family consists of instruments with which you blow over a hole or edge to create the sound. These include all flutes, recorders, and various types of whistles. Flute Recorder Zager Guitars Zager Reviews
- 14. Most of the woodwinds have a mouthpiece with either one or two reeds. When the musician blows into the mouthpiece, the reed vibrates to create the sound. Clarinet Comparison of the sizes of 4 different woodwinds. Zager Guitars Zager Reviews
- 15. Bassoon Oboe bagpipes Zager Guitars Zager Reviews
- 16. Beware! The Saxophone is classified as a woodwind instrument. Although its body is made of brass, the mouthpiece contains a reed, and only exhaling is necessary to make to work. Didgeridoos, Cornetts and Alphorns, although theyre made of wood, are not woodwinds. Zager Guitars Zager Reviews
- 17. Which of these instruments are woodwinds? Zager Guitars Zager Reviews
- 18. The Strings Family Zager Guitars Zager Reviews
- 19. Instruments whose sounds are created by manipulating tightened strings are members of the string family. The strings may be plucked; they may be scratched with a bow, and they may be strummed. Right: Jeff Healey Far right: Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin) Zager Guitars Zager Reviews
- 20. String quartets consist of two violas, one violin, and one cello. The viola is slightly larger than the violin, and has a lower register. Check out the difference in size! The cello is too large to hold to your chin; it rests on the floor and the player. sits to play it. String Quartet Left: Violin Right: Viola Zager Guitars Zager Reviews
- 21. Cello Electric Bass Double Bass, or Contrabass Zager Guitars Zager Reviews
- 22. There are many different types of guitars, and they can be found in cultures all around the world. The Classical Guitar is used more frequently in modern symphonies. Modern rock music is largely guitar-based. Left: Classical Guitar Center: Mandolin Right: Banjo Zager Guitars Zager Reviews
- 23. Many guitars are uniquely crafted to create new, innovative sounds. They often go by their inventors name: Left: Warr Guitar Above: Dobro Right: Chapman Stick (Bass Guitar) Zager Guitars Zager Reviews
- 24. There are too numerous string family instruments to list here. The string family is one of the most diverse, with countless different styles found everywhere, and in virtually ever genre of music. Top Left: Hurdy Gurdy Top Right: Sitar Bottom Left: Mouth Bow Bottom Right: Zither Zager Guitars Zager Reviews
- 25. Harps are also part of the string family; the harp is included in the classical orchestra. Left: Classic Harp Right: Lyre (ancestor of the harp) Below: Autoharp The musician pushes keys while strumming. Zager Guitars Zager Reviews
- 26. The Percussion Family Zager Guitars Zager Reviews
- 27. Percussion instruments are those that are played by striking or shaking. All drums are percussion instruments. Often, drums are used to keep the rhythm in a musical piece. They are used for effect and add dynamics to complex compositions. Zager Guitars Zager Reviews
- 28. Here are some examples of different types of drums: Left: Snare drum; Bottom Left: Concert Tom Drums Bottom Right: Timpani Zager Guitars Zager Reviews
- 29. Some percussion instruments are tuned instruments, which means you can play notes in a scale on them: Left: Chimes (Orchestra) Bottom Left: Glockenspiel Bottom Right: Xylophone Right: Bells Glockenspiels are made of metal; xylophones are made of wood. Zager Guitars Zager Reviews
- 30. Here are some other familiar percussion instruments: Left: Tambourine Center: Cymbals Right: Maracas Left: Triangle Center: Cowbell Right: Wood block Zager Guitars Zager Reviews
- 31. What family of instruments does this belong to? Zager Guitars Zager Reviews
- 32. The Keyboard Family Zager Guitars Zager Reviews
- 33. Today, many people recognize that there is now a fifth family of instruments. The keyboard family includes pianos, organs, electronic keyboards and synthesizers, among others. One could argue that a piano is a percussion instrument, because you strike the keys to play it. It has also been considered a string instrument, because it has tightly bound strings which produce the sound. Left: Strings inside a grand piano. Right: Felt mallets that strike the strings inside an upright piano Zager Guitars Zager Reviews
- 34. Some other keyboard family instruments: Top Left: Mellotron popular in the 1960s and 70s, replicates string sounds. Top Center: Early model Moog Synthesizer Top Right: Harpsichord, very common Baroque keyboard, ancestor of the piano Left: Pipe organ found in churches and cathedrals around the world. Zager Guitars Zager Reviews
- 35. What Is This ??? Zager Guitars Zager Reviews
- 36. It is called a Theramin. It is played by moving your hands closer and further from the device, causing the radio frequencies to change pitch. Like the theramin, there are other oddball instruments that defy classification. Who knows, maybe there will be more families of instruments some day! Zager Guitars Zager Reviews
- 37. And then there were these! Zager Guitars Zager Reviews
- 38. Thank You !!! Zager Guitars Zager Reviews