Instruments
Largest instrument in brass family
Tuba
Plays 3:2 rhythm
Clave
Blow through these
Aerophones
Plucked strings
Pizzicato
Heavy sound on guitar
Distortion
Lowest instrument in wind family
Bassoon
Associated with Spanish dances
Castanets
Play chords on these
Chordophones
Bowed strings
Arco
Wah wah
Large version of Glockenspiel used in Jazz often
Vibraphone
2 different sized bells that provide two metallic pitches in Samba
Agogo bells
Striking a skin on these instruments
Membranophones
Chimey bell like sounds on strings
Harmonics
A doubling effect, putting slightly altered version of itself over the top, adding fullness
Chorus
Proper name for the mouth organ
Harmonica
The larger version of Bongos
Congas
Instruments that are struck
Idiophones
rapid bowing on strings
Tremelo
Creates the echo effect
Delay
Similar to Oboe - known as the English Horn (French words)
Cor Anglais
The african hand drum that is most famous
Djembe
When was piano invented?
1723 by Christofori
Wobbling notes on strings - consisting of a regular, pulsating change of pitch.
Vibrato
Reflected sound - think sound bouncing off walls in different sized rooms