Transcript By Juying (7H1) - Harris Girls` Academy East Dulwich

By
Juying
(7H1)
IDIOPHONES
DRUM KIT
The drum kit is basically membranophones
and helps keep the time in a piece of music.
It includes: a bass drum,
a snare drum,
some toms &
the cymbals
DID YOU KNOW?
Bells are also a percussion instrument.
Although, bells was originally made in China,
many other countries use bells as well. For
example, we especially use bells for
ceremonies (churches, weddings).
IDIOPHONES
Idiophones do not have a
membrane, instead the
instrument
itself vibrates.
Examples:
triangle, xylophones,
castanets, maracas.
MEMBRANOPHONES
Membranophones have a
stretched membrane over a
hollow shell. It is
played using a
mallet.
Examples:
snare drum, bongos,
timpani.
are the opposite.
Within the piano, when a key
is pressed a felt covered
hammer hits one of the
strings creating a sound.
Each string has a fixed pitch
but lower pitched strings are
long and thin and high strings
On a guitar, plucking is when a
string is flicked with your thumb or
a small piece of plastic. Pitch can
be changed by pressing on the
neck in different areas.
Highest
Violin
Viola
Cello
The lyre is the oldest kind of strings which
was popular with ancient Greeks.
Bow- strong, flexible stick with horse
hair stretched onto it.
Resonator- amplifies sound waves to make it
and fuller.
Double
Bass
Lowest
A wind instrument is any instrument you play by blowing through it.
However, not all wind instruments are made out of brass. The are
simply long metal tubes. The longer the pitch the lower the pitch.
To play a brass instrument your lips have to be pursed to create a
buzzing noise. You must make your lips vibrate. The tighter the higher
but the looser the lower. Buzzing lips against mouth piece causes the
tube and air inside it to vibrate creating a clear sound (tone).
Valve instruments:
-Trumpet (hits the highest of notes)
-Tuba (hits the lowest of notes)
-French Horn (hardest to master)
Slide instrument:
-Trombone (changes pitch by sliding tube up and down)
Natural instrument:
-Bugle ( no valves or slide and has a limited range of notes. Not
used often.)
Woodwind instruments
are not all made out of
wood but require wind to
make a noise. They are
basically tubes with holes
along it.
To make music air is blown into the
instrument through the mouthpiece.
These type of instruments would not be
able to be played without this.
Woodwinds have a reed,
which is made out of bamboo
( a type of wood). It is the
vibrating air produced inside,
blown through the reed
within the mouthpiece.
Covering the holes is
similar to making the tube
longer therefore the pitch
becomes lower.
Edge-blown
Air is blown
over an edge
Flutes and
recorders
Single-reed
Vibration to get
air inside
Clarinets and
saxophones
Double-reed
Produces even
more vibration
Oboes