MUSIC 1A03 Study Guide - Final Guide: Double Reed, Harmonic Rhythm, Marimba
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Bowed (violin, viola, cello, double bass: viola de gamba from renaissance and baroque eras, chitarrone (giant guitar) Heart of the orchestra : woodwind instruments (aerophones sound produced by setting the air in a tube in motion by blowing) Used to all be made of wood. Types: blow across an open hole (flute family) single reed (clarinet, sax, double reed (oboe, bassoon, brass instruments (aerophones) Buzz into a cup-shaped mouthpiece (your lips act as double reed) Valves are a newer addition; before this, brass instruments could only play the notes of a harmonic series. E. g. trumpets, french horn, trombone, tuba, cornet, bugle, fluegelhorn: percussion. Pitched: timpani (kettledrums), tuned; often paired w/ trumpets in orchestra, xylophone, marimba, glockenspiel, vibraphone: pieces of wood/metal arr. like a piano keyboard and struck w/ mallets, more in late classical and romantic eras, keyboard instruments. Unpitched: snare drum, tom-tom, tambourine, bass drum, cymbal family, a concert band is an orchestra without strings.
