1. The instruments ofClassical Music By Jos Antonio Martn Gonzlez

2. The Classical Music

Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times.The central norms of this tradition became codified between 1550 and 1900, which is known as the common practice period.

L.V. Beethoven 3. The Classical Instruments

The instruments used in most classical music were largely invented before the mid-19th century (often much earlier), and codified in the 18th and 19th centuries. They consist of the instruments found in an orchestra, together with a few other solo instruments (such as the piano, harpsichord, and organ).

Western staff notation 4. The Orchestra Toronto Symphonic Orchestra 5. String family Violin Viola 6. String family Cello Double Bass 7. Wind family

The wind family is divided in many types of sub-families:

Woodwind:A woodwind instrument is a musical instrument which produces sound when the player blows air against a sharp edge or through a reed, causing the air within its resonator (usually a column of air) to vibrate. Most of these instruments are made of wood but can be made of other materials, such as metals or plastics. The sound may be produced in some different ways:Brass-wind:A brass instrument is a musical instrument whose sound is produced by sympathetic vibration of air in a tubular resonator in sympathy with the vibration of the player's lips. causing one or tworeed s to vibrate, which agitates the column of air (as in aclarinetor oboe) blowing across the edge of an open hole (as in aflute ) . Simple-reed mouthpiece Double-reed mouthpiece Flute mouthpiece Different kinds of brass mouthpieces 8. Woodwind: flutes. Piccolo Flute In these instruments the sound is produced blowing across the edge of an open hole. Although they are made of metal we consider them woodwind because of the tradition. 9. Woodwind: simple-reed. On these instruments the sound is produced by a simple reed. Bass clarinet Clarinet 10. Woodwind: simple-reed. The saxo is not a usual instrument in the orchestra.It's more modern than the clarinet and the sound is produced by a simple reed too. Sax family 11. Woodwind: double-reed. English horn Oboe On these instruments the sound is produced by a doublereed. 12. Woodwind: double-reed. Bassoon Contrabassoonin the middle On these instruments the sound is produced by a doublereed. 13. Brasswind French Horn Trumpet Tuba Trombone On these instruments the sound is produced by the vibration of the lips in the mouthpiece. 14. Orchestral Percussion Family This is the biggest family but we are only going to study the most useful instruments. 15. Mallet percussion This is the special name for the pitched percussion in the orchestra family. We play them with different kinds ofmallets . Tubular bells Vibraphone Glockenspiel Xilophone Marimba 16. Drums and cymbals Timpani Gong Cymbals SuspendedCymbals Snare Drum Bass Drum 17. Other percussion Wood block Temple blocks Castanets Cowbell Claves Triangle 18. Other Invited Instruments Piano Harp Harpsicord Guitar 19. The Orchestra