Instr. Classifications
This classification vibrates air to create sound.
Aerophone
"Ti-Ti"
Eighth Notes
This ensemble only requires one person.
Solo
The name we give to the most memorable and singable part of a song.
Melody
Flutes, clarinets, and saxophones are found in this family.
Woodwinds
This classification uses a membrane or skin stretched over a drum.
Membranophone
This note receives one and a half beats.
Dotted Quarter Note
This ensemble uses eight people.
Octet
A bow is made from wood and this.
Horse Hair
This family uses violin, viola, cello, and [blank] bass.
String Family
"Personal sound" instruments vibrate themselves to create sound.
Idiophone
This note is the basic unit & gets one beat.
Quarter Note
This ensemble can use any instruments, but requires only four players.
Quartet
This adds two note values together. The notes must be the same pitch.
Tie
Trumpet, trombone, euphonium, french horn, and tuba are all in this family.
Brass
This group of instruments can play more than one note at the same time.
Chordophone
If you add a dot to this note, the result will be three beats long.
(Dotted) Half Note
This ensemble uses brass, woodwinds, percussion, and strings, but traditionally does not use saxophones.
Orchestra
This stringed instrument was invented during the Medieval Period in France. It is played using a hand crank and keys.
Hurdy Gurdy
The piano is a member of this family, even though it has strings.
Percussion
This newest type of instrument classification uses electricity to create sound.
Electrophone
This fastest note type that we have discussed so far is twice as fast as an eighth note.
Sixteenth Note
This ensemble is often found at football games. Halftime is their time to shine.
Marching Band
This joins notes together that are not the same pitch, but are played in one breath, without re-articulation.
Slur
The banjo and Appalachian dulcimer are considered [blank] string instruments.
Folk