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Music Instruments Overview Focus on the Orchestra

Horn Oboe Clarinet Bassoon Flute

1st violin 2nd violin Cello Viola

Orchestra Sections

• Strings. – Violin, viola, cello, double-bass.

• Brass. – Trumpet, Cornet, Trombone, Tuba, Euphonium.

• Woodwinds. – Flute, Picolo, Clarinet, Oboe, Bassoon

• Rhythm. – Piano. Harp.

• Percussion. – Timpani.

Notable omissions ….

• Keyboard instruments. – Church or Pipe Organ. Harpsichord. Klavier.

• Classical Guitar. – However …. Concertos exist.

• Saxophone. – Soprano, alto, tenor and bass. – Modern instrument. Hardly ever used in orchestral music.

• Recorders. – Soprano, alto, tenor and bass. – However …. Concertos exist.

• Accordion Family. – Piano. Button etc.

• Tab notation for Guitar. Tonic Sol-fa for Singing. – NOT required if a classical method is adapted.

Cultural Elitism 1st World - Germany, Italy, France, Russia, Spain 2nd World - UK, USA, Netherlands, Switzerland 3rd World - Everyone else. Canada, NZ, Australia, Japan, Korea, China, India

Idol Elitism - Mozart. Bach. Beethoven. Brahms, Tchaikovsky - LOST. Sense of Great Works. - LOST. Quality of Programme. - LOST. Quality of Performance. Output.

Fast-Food Culture - City Philharmonic - City Opera House - Choirs. Chamber Music Societies. - NO. Growth OR Development.

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Individual Instruments

• Mainly Reed or Flue Pipes. • 32, 16, 8, 4, 2 ft. & variants. • Manuals : Great. Choir. Swell. Echo.

Solo. • Till the 17th Century the most

complex man-made device. • If the violin is the king of

instruments; the pipe-organ is the God of Instruments.

Harp

Harpsichord

Spinet

Clavichord

Dulcimer

Harp : Lever & Pedal Types

Flute : Clarinet : Oboe : Bassoon English-Horn

Soprano : Alto : Tenor : Bass

ONLY Orchestra

Instrument

Violin

Viola

Cello

Double Bass

Soprano Alto Tenor Baritone

Trumpet : French-Horn : Trombone : Tuba

Soprano : Alto : Tenor : Bass

Trumpet French Horn

Euphonium

Tuba

Trombone

Saxophone Wagner Tuba

Cornet

Timpani

Glockienspiel Snare Drum

Vibraphone

Xylophone

Marimba

Other Instruments

Non-Orchestra

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… Sitar (India) … Sihtar (Persia) …. Githara (Greece) ….

Vihuela

Lute

Ukulele G-C-E-A

Mandolin g-d-a-e

Banjo G : D-G-B-D

Balalaika

Drum Set

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From scratch to sustainable performances.

Shakers, Castanets, Maracas, Woodblock, triangle, Tambourine, Drum sticks etc.

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The Human Voice SATB (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass)

6-voices (add Baritone & Contralto or Mezzo-Sopranoa

Octaves, Ranges. Width. Depth, Timbre.

Basses

Baritones Tenors

Contraltos Mezzo-Sopranos Sopranos

Piano Harp Bassoon French Horn Timpani Double Bass

Flute Tuba Euphonium 88-key piano Cello

Trumpet Clarinet Classical Guitar Violin - Viola

Recorder Orff Instruments

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