Strings
True or False: The string family is the smallest group in the orchestra.
False
These types of instrument use electricity to generate or amplify the sound.
Electrophones
Edge-blown
Single Reed
Double Reed
Give 3 examples of the plucked string intruments.
Guitar
Celtic Harp
Banjo
Give 1 example of an electrophone.
Theremin
Electric Guitar
Synthesizer
Give an example of a single reed woodwind instrument.
Saxophone
Clarinet
Name the 3 Types of String Instruments.
Bowed Strings, Plucked Strings, and Struck Strings
Name the 4 ways of how the percussion instruments work.
Striking
Shaking
Striking Together
Scraping
Wind instruments are also called as ...
A__________s
Aerophones
String instruments are also known as ......?
CHORDOPHONES
Explain how a membranophone produces a sound.
A membranophone has a stretched membrane that vibrates to produce a sound.
The trumpet has _______ that are pressed to change the pitch by changing the length of the tube in a brass instrument.
Valves
Name all the bowed string instruments that belong to the violin family and their differences.
The violin is the smallest in the family and has the highest tone.
The viola is much bigger than a violin and has a lower tone.
The violoncello is played while sitting down. It has a deep and strong tone.
The double bass is the biggest in the family. It has the lowest tone.
Explain how idiophones produce sounds.
An idiophone does not have a membrane, and it produces a sound by the vibration of the instrument itself.
What are the two classifications of wind instruments, and what are their differences?
1. Woodwind instruments are originally made mainly from wood. Woodwind instruments have several holes that create different tunes by opening and closing them.
2. Brass instruments are made of brass. Most brass instruments have valves to produce different tunes.