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Membranophones and Idiophones are two groups made up of musical
instruments in the Percussion family. Some of the main instruments in the Percussion family are: Mallet, Drum kit,
Xylophone, Snare drum, Triangle, Tambourine, Maracas, Chimes, Marimba, Djembe, Drum Machine, Timpani or Piano, Cymbals or Castanets, Bass drum, Gongs, Celesta etc...
Membranophones is an instrument that has a stretched membrane or drum head covering a hole. Idiophones is an instrument without a membrane that creates sound when the instrument itself is made to vibrate.
A Mallet is a stick which causes the drum to vibrate and make a noise, either with your hand or a mallet.
A drum kit includes a bass drum, a snare drum, toms and cymbals. A drum machine can create a number of percussion sounds.
Percussion FamilyDid you know? E
arly
humans made prim
itive
instruments b
y stretching
animal skin over g
ourds
to make drums.
Brass Family
Some of the main instruments of the Brass Family are: Brass,Tuba,Trombone,Bugle,Trumpet and French horn.
Brass is nothing more than long metal tubes. The tube is twisted around, to make it compact and easy to handle.
A Tuba is a Brass instrument that hits the lowest notes. The length of the pipe that makes a Tuba can be as long as 5.5 metres, and it sits on the players lap.
The bugle is a natural brass instrument that doesn't have valves or slides and they have a limited range of notes.
Did you know? When
you press a valve you
create a longer airw
ay
inside th
e instrument.
Some of the instruments in the Stringed family are: Lyre, Bow,
guitar, harp, banjo, electric guitar, violin. A few key terms: Resonator- is the body of an instrument. It’s a hollow structure
usually made of wood or metal. It amplifies the sound waves from a vibrating string, it makes the sound louder and fuller.
Plucked- a string can be plucked, which is like flicking it with your thumb, finger or a small piece of plastic.
Struck: - the strings in a piano is usually struck with a small hammer. A felt covered hammer hits one of the strings, producing a sound on the piano key.
Stringed FamilyDid you know? T
he
lower pitched str
ings
are long and thick, a
nd
the high pitched strings
are short a
nd thin.
BOWGUITAR
HARP
LYRE
VIOLIN
Some of the instruments in the woodwind
family: piccolo, flute, oboe/English horn, saxophone , clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon .
Here are some key words: Woodwinds is a tube with holes along it. Mouthpiece: to make music , air is blown into the instrument
through a mouthpiece or a reed. Reed: it is often made of bamboo, through this it’s the vibrating
air produced inside the instrument, that makes the sound.
Woodwind family
Reco
rd
er
Bassoon