Orchestrainstrumentfamilies.
Plucked: when string is flickedwith thumb, finger or a piece ofplastic.
Struck: within the piano whena key is pressed a feltcovered hammer hits one ofthe strings producing a sound
Bowed; this technique iswhen the string is rubbedover and played using abow.
Resonator: strings arealmost always joinedonto this. A hollowstructure usuallymade out of wood ofmetal.
Lyre: The oldest kind ofstringed instrument whichwas popular with theAncient Greeks.
Bow: this is a strongflexible stick with aribbon of horse hairstretched onto it. Thehair is rubbed with resinproducing friction.
Membranophones: instrumentsthat have a stretchedmembrane or a drum headover a hollow shell.
Idiophone:instruments withouta membrane thatcreate sound whenthe instrument itselfis made to vibrate.
Percussion: instrumentsdesigned to make uniquenoises when hit with a stick orhands.
Rhythm: percussioninstrument are incharge of this. Drumssupport the musicalpiece and keeps thetime.
Beat: the heart beatof a song, it’s steadyand continuous.
Mallet: and/or stickcauses instrumentto vibrate making anoise.
Pitch: timpani-apercussion instrumentthat has this. Eachdrum is tuned to acertain note.
Wind instrument:instrument you play byblowing through them.
Purse: to play a brassinstrument, lips haveto be pursed tocreate a kind ofbuzzing noise.
Vibrate: lips do this.Hold lips togethertightly to make ahigh pitched buzz,relax lips to make alow pitched buzz.
Pitch: the longer thetube the lower thepitch.
Brass: instrumentsmade from this donot necessarilybelong to thisfamily.
Tone: buzzing lips againstthe mouthpiece causesthe tube and the air insideit to vibrate creating aclear tone.
Valve: trumpet, tubaand French horn- playerchanges the pitch of thenotes by pressing downon a series of these.
Woodwind: theseinstruments are not allmade out of wood, butrequire wind to makea noise
Mouthpiece: to make music, air isblown into the instrument through this,these instruments would not be able tobe played without this.
Reed: if thewoodwind instrumenthas this, it is oftenmade out of bambooa type of wood.
Edge-blown: flutes andrecorders are thesetypes of instruments. Airis blown over an edge inthe mouthpiece.
Single-reed: clarinets andsaxophone are these typesof instruments. They havea single reed in theirmouthpiece whichvibrates to get the airinside the instrumentmoving.
Double-reed: theoboe uses this andproduces even morevibration.