What is timbre?

TIMBRE OR TONE COLOR

Is the combination of different sound qualities of the instruments or voices.

 CLASSIFICATION OF VOICES

RANGE MALE FEMALE

Highest Tenor Soprano
Middle Baritone Mezzo Soprano
Lowest Bass Alto
What is an Orchestra?
ORCHESTRA
Is a large group of musicians playing various musical instruments.
ORCHESTRA
is derived from the Greek word
orkheisthai, which means “to dance”.
What are the different
KINDS OF
ORCHESTRA?
Western Orchestra
• Sometimes called the symphony or
philharmonic orchestra
• It is an instrumental ensemble or group of
instruments that contains sections of string,
woodwind, brass wind, and percussion
instruments.
Full-sized Orchestra
•Is composed of about 100 or more
musicians, which may be accompanied
by a chorus.
Small-sized Orchestra
•Known as chamber orchestra
•Usually has at least 12 to 40 musicians.
 Conductor
is the main
coordinator of an
orchestra.
 Baton
a slender wooden stick used
by the conductor to direct the
orchestra.
How are instruments
classified?
 STRING
FAMILY
Largest family of
instruments in the
orchestra and also
known as its
“backbone”.
WOODWIND FAMILY
Are narrow cylinders or pipes
generally made of wood,
metal, plastic, or any
combination that have at least
one piece of reed in the
mouthpiece or none at all.
BRASS WIND FAMILY

Used to produce sound by

means of blowing.

They are made of brass metal.

PERCUSSION FAMILY

Instruments that are shaken,

banged, tapped, rubbed,
scraped, or struck with mallet,
hammers, or sticks.