UNIT 3.

MUSICAL INTRUMENTS
- STRING INSTRUMENTS
- WIND INSTRUMENTS
- PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS: TUNED AND UNTUNED

STRING INSTRUMENTS
- BOWED INSTRUMENTS: VIOLIN, VIOLA, CELLO AND DOUBLE BASS.
- PLUCKED INSTRUMENTS: HARP, GUITAR, LUTE AND HARPSICHORD.
- STRUCK INSTRUMENTS: GRAND PIANO AND UPRIGHT PIANO.

WIND INSTRUMENTS.
- WOODWIND INSTRUMENTS. Depending on their mouthpiece we distinguish
different types.
o BLOWHOLE: RECORDER, PICCOLO, TRANSVERSE FLUTE.
o SIMPLE WOODEN REED: CLARINET, BASS CLARINET AND SAXOPHONE.
o DOUBLE WOODEN REED: OBOE, ENGLISH HORN, BASSOON AND
CONTRABASSOON.

- BRASS INSTSRUMENTS
o BUGLE, TRUMPET, FRENCH HORN, TROMBONE AND TUBA.

PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
- TUNED INSTRUMENTS
o TIMPANI, GLOCKENSPIEL, XYLOPHONE, METALLOPHONE, TUBULAR
BELLS, CELESTA, VIBRAPHPONE, MARIMBA, BONGOS, AND CONGAS.

- UNTUNED INSTRUMENTS
o BASS DRUM, DRUM, SNARE DRUM, CYMBALS, LARGE TAMOURINE,
SMALL TAMBOURINE, JINGLE RING, BELL, TRIANGLE, WOOD BLOCK,
CLAVES, CARACAS, GUIRO, ZILLS, MARACAS, CASTANETS, RAINSTICK,
GONG, CABASA, SHAKERS, COWBELLS, RATTLES AND VIBRASLAP.

INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLES
SOLOIST, DUET, TRIO, QUARTET.
CHAMBER ORCHESTRA.
SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA.
PHILARMONIC ORCHESTRA.
BRASS BAND.
JAZZ BAND OR BIG BAND.
POP-ROCK GROUP.
TUNA.