MUSICAL

INSTRUMENTS

Presented by

Y.HARIKRISHNA

KALYANI

WHAT IS A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT?

A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making music.

In principle, anything that produces sound can serve as a musical instrument.

The term "musical instrument", however, is generally reserved for items that have a specific musical purpose.

HISTORY OF MUSICAL INSTUMENTS

The first musical instrument invented is the flute, this was confirmed by German scientist who unearthed a flute which was made from a vulture's wing bone. The flute was estimated to be at least 35,000 years old

TYPES MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

String InstrumentsPercussion InstrumentsWind InstrumetsBrass Intrumets

STRING INSTRUMENTS

STRING INSTRUMENTS

Their sound is made by a vibrating string. Strings can be made of metal, synthetic or natural materials.

The strings can have different gauge or thickness, weight,length and tension.

PICTURES OF STRING INSTRUMENTS

GUITARPIANO VIOLIN

HARP

GUITAR

The guitar is a musical instrument

with ancient roots that is used in a

wide variety of musical styles.

It typically has six strings, and four,

seven, eight, ten, and twelve string

guitars are also exist

PIANO

The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with felt hammers that immediately rebound allowing the strings to continue vibrating at their resonant frequency.

These vibrations are transmitted through a bridge to a soundboard that amplifies them.

VIOLIN

The violin is a bowed string instrument with four strings

It is the smallest and highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments.

HARP

It has about 45 strings stretched across its tall triangular frame. The strings are plucked by hand while seven pedals at the bottom of the harp adjust the length of the strings to produce additional notes.

PERCUSSION FAMILY

PERCUSSION FAMILY

o It means, "the hitting of one body against another," instruments in the percussion family are played by being struck, shaken, or scraped.

o In the orchestra, the percussion section provides a variety of rhythms, textures and tone colors.

PICTURES OF PERCUSSION FAMILY

CHIMES

XYLOPHONE

CHIMES

Chimes are a tuned instrument

consisting of a set of 12 to 18 metal

tubes hung from a metal frame. The

chimes, or tubular bells, are struck

with a mallet and sound like church

bells when played

XYLOPHONE

The xylophone is a tuned instrument made of hardwood bars in graduated lengths set horizontally on a metal frame.

Striking the bars with hard mallets produces a bright, sharp sound

WIND INSTRUMENTS

WIND INSTRUMENTS

The woodwind family have different

sources of sound. Vibrations begin

when air is blown across the top of an

instrument, across a single reed, or

across two reeds.

PICTURES OF WIND INSTRUMENTS

FLUTE SAXOPHONE

PICCOLO

OBOE

FLUTE

The flute is now made from silver or gold and is about 2 feet in length. It looks like a narrow tube with a row of holes covered by keys along one side.

The player blows air across the small hole in the mouthpiece to produce a sound

PICCOLO

• The piccolo is exactly like the flute

except that it is much smaller and is

usually made of silver or wood.

• The pitch of the piccolo is higher

than that of a flute.

OBOE

The oboe is made by wood and it

have metal keys that can produce

many notes rapidly.

It has two reeds tied together then

the reeds vibrate and produce a

sound.

SAXOPHONE

The saxophone is made by brass. Although it is found only occasionally in the symphony orchestra

BRASS FAMILY

BRASS FAMILY

Brass family instruments produce their unique sound by the player buzzing his/her lips while blowing air through a cup- or funnel-shaped mouthpiece only

PICTURES OF BRASS FAMILY

TUBA

TRUMPET

TROMBONE

TUBA

The tuba has four to five valves and is held upright in the player’s lap.

TROMBONE

It gives the instrument a more

mellow sound. Instead of valves, the

trombone has a slide which changes

the length of its approximately 9

feet of tubing to reach different

pitches

TRUMPET

The player presses the three valves

in various combinations with the

fingers of the right hand to obtain

various pitches