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The Instrumentsof the Orchestra Prepared by Mrs. Autry Devers School Fort Bragg, N.C.

The String Family Is the largest family in actual numbers Has four members Each has four strings Are bowed or plucked

BowedPlucked

ViolinViolaCelloString Bass

The String FamilyThe Brass Family Four members Common ancestor is the animal horn Are played by blowing while buzzing lips

TrumpetTromboneFrench HornTubaThe Brass Family6The Woodwind Family All of the members are or once were, made of wood Most of them use reeds on the mouthpiece

The clarinet, oboe and bassoon are wind instruments that sound when the player's breath causes a reed (a thin blade of cane) to vibrate, thereby setting up a sound wave in an enclosed air column.

FluteClarinetOboeBassoonThe Woodwind FamilyThe PercussionFamily Some are unpitched Percussion instruments may beplayed one of three ways:StruckShakenScraped Some are pitched

Xylophoneor BellsThe Percussion FamilyPitched instruments

Piano

The Percussion Family

Unpitched instrumentsCymbals

Sleigh Bells

BongosBass Drum and Snare Drum are STRUCK

Tambourine and Maracas are SHAKEN

Guiro and Sand Blocks areplayed by SCRAPING

Can you name the instruments?

What instrument family do they belong to?

What instrument family do they belong to?Can you name the instruments?

What instrument family do they belong to?

Can you name the instruments?

Can you name the instruments?

What family do these instruments belong to?Are they pitched or unpitched?

What family do these instruments belong to?

Can you name the instruments?Are they pitched or unpitched?The End