MUSICAL INSTRUMENT FAMILIES
TRADITIONAL CLASSIFICATION
It groups instruments as they are grouped in a Western Orchestra.
PERCUSSION
These instruments produce sound when hit, shaken or clattered against each other.
We didide then into TUNED OR UNTUNED PERCUSSION
UNTUNED PERCUSSION
Tbey produce untuned sounds and, therefore, can only perform rhythms, not melodies
BASS DRUM
SNARE DRUM
CYMBALS
TRIANGLE
TAMBOURINE
MARACAS
GONG
BONGOS
CASTANETS
CLAVES
TUNED PERCUSSION
They produce tuned notes and, therefore, can perform melodies
TIMPANI
MARIMBA
GLOCKENSPIEL CELESTA
TUBULAR BELLS
VIBRAPHONE
XILOPHONE
WIND
The sound is produced by the vibration of an air column inside the tube of the instrument.
BRASS
These instruments are made up of metal alloys.
TRUMPET
FRENCH HORN
TROMBONE
TUBA
WOODWIND
Mostly made of wood. They can have three different kinds of mouthpiece:
DOUBLE REED
OBOE
BASOON
ENGLISH HORN
SINGLE REED
CLARINET
SAXOPHONE
FIPPLE
RECORDER
TRANSVERS FLUTE
PICCOLO
STRING
The sound is produced by the vibration of one or more tightened strings.
STRUCK STRING
The sound is produced when strings are hit with small hammers triggered by a keyboard.
PIANO
PLUCKED STRING
The sound is produced when the strings are plucked with the fingers or a pick.
HARP
GUITAR
BOWED STRING
The sound is produced when the strings are rubbed with a BOW.
VIOLIN
VIOLA
VIOLONCELLO
DOUBLE BASS
