Percussion
Brass
Woodwind
String
Facts
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How many Percussion instruments are there?


Atleast 500 instruments

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Who invented Brass?

Josef Leopold Auenbrugger or Avenbrugger

100

When were woodwinds invented?

over 43,000 years ago

100

How many strings does a guitar have?

Six strings

100

What is one fact about music?

Music can help improve your memory and make it easier to remember things

200

Who invented Percussion?

Josef Leopold Auenbrugger or Avenbrugger

200

Who invented the Trumpet?

In 1818, a German horn player named Heinrich David Stolzel created the first working brass instrument valve in partnership with Friedrich Bluhmel. The modern valve trumpet was born.

200

Who invented Clarinet?

Johann Christoph Denner

200

Who invented the Voila?

Gaspare da Salo of the Brescia region and Andrea Amati of the Cremona region

200

What is one fact about Percussion?

Percussion is the oldest group of instruments with over a hundred types with origins from all across the world. From the angklung, which originated in Indonesia to the zabumba, which is most notably from the country of Brazil

300

Who invented  timpani, xylophone, cymbals, triangle, snare drum, bass drum, tambourine, maracas, gongs, chimes, celesta, and piano.

Arabian nakers and more

300

Who invented the French Horn?

Heinrich Stolzel

300

Who invented Flute?

Theobald Boehm

300

Who invented the Guitar?

Christian Frederick Martin

300

What is one fact about Brass?

more malleable than bronze or zinc

400

who invented the snare drum

the Swiss fife and drum groups

400

Who invented the Trombone?

Thought to have been invented in Belgium around 1450

400

Who invented the Saxophone?

 Adolphe Sax

400

Who invented the Violin?

Andre Amati from Cremona and Gasparo di Bertolotti from Salon

400

What is one fact about String?

It Takes a Lot of Wood to Make a String InstrumentThe back, ribs and neck are carved from maple, which is a rigid wood. Tops are normally spruce, which is much softer and helps produce a strong tone. Ebony and rosewood can be used for pegs, tailpiece, fingerboard and (in the case of violin and viola) chin rest.

500

who invented the Drum

 Neolithic cultures originating from China

500

WHo invented the Tuba?

Wilhelm Wieprecht and the musical instrument inventor Johann Moritz

500

Who invented the oboe?

Jacques Hotteterre and Michel Philidor

500

Who invented the cello

Andrea Amati

500

What is one fact about Woodwind

Not all woodwinds are made out of wood! Some are actually made from plastic or from different types of metal. Up until 1770 the Oboe was called the hoboy. Clarinet player Adolphe Sax invented the saxophone in 1846.

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