MUS 121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Bass Clarinet, Keyboard Instrument, String Vibration

• School: University of Alabama
• Department: Music Academics
• Course: MUS 121
• Professor: Crofut

Document Summary

Pitch range of voices in order from highest to lowest: Choir: a vocal ensemble generally in the satb (soprano alto tenor bass) format. Wooden instruments that require the plucking or bowing of a string. Pitch is adjusted by changing the length of the vibrating string. The technique of plucking a string with the finger is called "pizzicato. " Bowed instruments include (from highest range to lowest): Wood or metallic instruments that require air blown through a tube-like body. Pitch is adjusted by covering or uncovering finger holes, which change the length of the tube. Brass instruments that require air blown through a tube-like body. Brass players vibrate their lips within a brass mouthpiece that vibrates the instrument. Pitch is created by a adjusting valves, which change the length of the tube. Instruments include (from highest range to lowest): trumpet, french horn, trombone, and tuba. A vast variety of instruments made of wood, metal, plastic, and skin.