TYPES OF INSTRUMENTS: PERCUSSION (&3)

The last group of instruments is:
3- PERCUSSION

They are musical instruments that sound either by 
- being hit with sticks, mallets, brushes or rods 

or struck, shaken or rubbed by hand

or clashing against another similar instrument

TYPES OF INSTRUMENTS: WIND (2)

2- WIND INSTRUMENTS
The sound in these instruments is produced by air passing through a tube.

There are two kind of wind instruments which depends on what they are made of:

a) WOODWIND 
This group of wind instruments are almost always made of wood and are played using a wooden reed

like: the flute, the clarinet, the oboe,the bassoon, the saxophone, as seen below.

2- Brass

In this group is the horn, the tuba, the trumpet, the trombone, as seen above.This group of wind instruments are made of metal or brass and don't need a wooden reed, but a metalic mouthpiece.

TYPES OF INSTRUMENTS: STRINGS (1)

Remember the slide on a previous post: THE ORCHESTRA, where we can see the different types of instruments.

1- STRING INSTRUMENTS: 
The sound in these instruments is produced by the vibrating of their strings.

These instruments are subdivided into:

a) BOWED STRINGED INSTRUMENTS, 
which are played rubbing the strings with a BOW

and in this group we find:

(The difference between bowed stringed and plucked stringed instruments below ↓)

b) PLUCKED STRINGED INSTRUMENTS, (see some above ↑)
which are played plucking the strings with fingers:

or with a plectrum:

in this group we find, among others:

c) STRUCK STRINGED INSTRUMENTS, 
played by small hammers striking the strings:

 in the piano:

A SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA: POSITION OF INSTRUMENTS

MUSICIANS AND THEIR INSTRUMENTS

          [Taken from "Spotlight-2", Oxford University Press]

Let's learn the names of the people who play different instruments. Here are some exercises to practice.

DO YOU PLAY ANY MUSICAL INSTRUMENT?

Here's a list of vocabulary of musical instruments. Students of 1st ESO can choose which one they want to do their individual project about. Be original!