MUSIC

Instruments
AEROPHONES
 Wind Instruments .... Vibrating air

 The sound is made by the air vibrating in the

pipe or tube
 Free Aerophones
 Moving object vibrates air in the instrument to create
sound
 Accordion

 Harmonica

 Harmonium

 Mouth organ
 Flutes
 Air column split by lip of the instrument
 Panpipes … End blown flute

 Flute … Side Blown

 Piccolo… Small shrill flute… Range is an octave

higher than an ordinary flute

 Reedpipes
 Vibration of reeds creates sound
 Bagpipes (Multiple pipes)

 Clarinet (single reed)

 Oboe (double reed)

 Saxophone (single reed … Jazz)

 Lip Vibrated Aerophones
 Generally made of brass
 Trumpet (Brassy notes… optional mute makes it

different… jazz)
 Trombone (greatest note range in brass instruments)

 Tuba (lowest in the brass section… strong beat…

used in marches)
CHORDOPHONES
 Stringed Instruments
 Sound is created by vibrating strings

 Strings can be
 Metallic
 Synthetic

 Natural Materials
 Keyboard Chordophones
 Keyboard
 Organ

 Piano
 Harp
 Soothing and calming sound

 Lutes
 Stringed instrument with a pear shaped body and a
head with tuning pegs
 Sitar

 Mandolin

 Guitar
 Bowed Chordophones

 Fiddle
 Violin (smallest in size highest in pitch)

 Bass (biggest instrument in string section… plays

widest assortment of music… from classical to jazz)

 Viola (Slightly larger than violin… deeper pitch)

 Cello (Bigger than violin and viola… beautiful, mellow

sound)
IDIOPHONES
 Vibrating Instruments

 Sound is made by vibrating, hitting or

shaking the instrument

 Different materials are used (wood, metal,

membrane etc) in varying sizes and
thickness
 Concussion Idiophones
 Concussion … shattering effect from a hard blow
 Clappers

 Cymbals

 Percussion Idiophones
 Percussion … beating of a musical instrument
 Celesta (keyboard instrument with hammers that

strike a steel plate)

 Gong (disk shaped … produces sound when struck

with hammer)
 Xylophone
 Rattles (shaked idiophones)
 Maracas

 Friction Idiophone
 Musical glasses
MEMBRANOPHONES
 Vibrating membranes
 Generally drums
 Water drums
 Bongos

 Conga

 Snare drum (used in rolls… )

 Timpani (kettle drum)

 Bass drums (used in marches… keeps a pulse in

music)
ELECTROPHONES

 Electronically created sounds

 Synthesizers