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Overview of Wind Instruments

This document describes different musical instruments divided into three categories: wind instruments, string instruments, and percussion instruments. In the wind instruments section, it describes the oboe, bassoon, flute, and saxophone. In the string instruments section, it describes the violin, double bass, harp, and cello. Finally, in the percussion instruments section, it describes the xylophones, marimbas, chimes, and timpani.

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Overview of Wind Instruments

This document describes different musical instruments divided into three categories: wind instruments, string instruments, and percussion instruments. In the wind instruments section, it describes the oboe, bassoon, flute, and saxophone. In the string instruments section, it describes the violin, double bass, harp, and cello. Finally, in the percussion instruments section, it describes the xylophones, marimbas, chimes, and timpani.

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WIND INSTRUMENTS :

Oboe

It is a double-reed wind musical instrument.


The oboe is composed of three parts that fit into one another.
another: the acoustic pavilion or tube, the body of the treble and the
bass body. At its end, it connects directly
a double reed. Its length is 60 cm and the extension
sonorous reaches almost three octaves.

Fagott

The bassoon consists of two parallel tubes joined together, forming


an inner tube of 2.59 m, folded, reduced, thanks to
this arrangement, to an external length of 1.37 m. It
consists of five parts, four of which are made of wood;
only the reed, to which the tongue is attached at its end
It is made of metal.

Flute

It is a wind musical instrument made by a


hollow tube with strategically placed holes being produced the
sound through a column of air shaped by the lips
of the interpreter. The sound of the flute is produced by a thread
of air that the lips direct over the bezel of the
mouthpiece, introduced in the head of the

Saxophone:

The saxophones originated from two families: one in F.


intended for the symphony orchestra; another in B flat which
was included in the military bands. conical with
key system similar to the oboe. The saxophone is played
through a kind of little buttons that cover or uncover
the holes.

The trumpet:

It is a wind instrument of the metal family.


current trumpet, cast in metal, is made up of a
developing conical tube and, up to two thirds of its
long, cylindrical, gradually widening until
the pavilion. At the opposite end, the mouthpiece is fixed,
on which the instrumentalist places their lips that
they play the role of vibrating reeds.
STRING INSTRUMENTS:

violin

It is a bowed string instrument that has four strings. It is the


smaller and sharper of the string instrument family
classics, which include the viola, the cello, and the double bass, the
which, except for the double bass, are all derived from the violas
medieval, especially of the lute. The violin consists mainly
from a resonant box that has elegant and beautiful shapes
ergonomic

And the double bass

The violin is a bowed string musical instrument in range.


bass. It usually has 4 strings. The musician who plays the double bass receives
the name of the double bassist. The sound of the double bass is produced by
the vibration of the strings when rubbed with a bow, although it can
they can also be produced by pressing them with the tips of the fingers, in the manner
of the electric bass or the tololoche, a technique that is called
pizzicato or pinch

The harp

1 is a plucked string instrument made up of a frame.


resonant and a variable series of strings stretched between the section
inferior and the superior. The strings can be plucked with the fingers
or with a pick or plectrum. In addition to the classical harp, used
Currently in orchestras, there are other types, such as the harp.
celta, the Andean harp and the Paraguayan harp. The harp is the instrument
national music of Ireland, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela.

The cello

the cello (often abbreviated as this last term in the form


cello) is a stringed musical instrument played with a bow, belonging to
the family of the violin.. It is one of the basic instruments and
fundamentals of the orchestra within the string group,
normally performing the serious parts, although their versatility
it also allows the instrumentalists playing it to interpret parts
melodic. Traditionally it is considered one of the
string instruments that most resemble the human voice.

The piano
word that means 'soft' in Italian, and in this case it is
apocope of the original term, "pianoforte", which made
reference to its soft and strong nuances) is an instrument
musical classified as a keyboard and string instrument
impacted by the traditional classification system, and according to
The Hornbostel-Sachs classification is a simple chordophone.

PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS:

THE BATONS:

They are also called tuned percussion instruments.


All these instruments require MALLETS to be played. This
The ball can be made of different materials (metal, plastic, fabric, wool,...)
depending on the sound effect the musician wants to achieve by
hit the instrument.

Xylophone

The xylophone is made up of a set of wooden bars (rosewood) placed


horizontally from greatest to least and with the arrangement of
The piano keys Beneath them, some hang
vertical tubes that act as resonators and whose
frequency matches the bars. The most common version
for orchestra of this instrument

MARIMBA:

This instrument is a version of the xylophone but has greater


registration extension (up to five octaves). its name comes
of a similar instrument used in popular music from Africa
and America The interpreter even uses up to two or three drumsticks
in each hand to be able to reach distant notes like this
complex musical passages and also to create harmony
playing several notes at once. the parts of the marimba and of
Vibraphones are very similar.

CARILLON

It is a case that has one or two rows of metal bars inside.


these rows, which align in their arrangement with the keys of the piano, have a
range of up to two octaves. The sound it describes is similar to that of bells and
To be executed, mallets with different types of heads are used. The music of the carillon is
write two octaves lower than it sounds, since if it were written in its register
Natural, with so many additional lines it would create confusion.
TIMBALES

The timbales are definite pitch tuning instruments that


it can even vary within the same
work. The notes are changed by tightening and
loosening the patch. according to the type of
mechanism used for the timbales
they can be: crank-operated: it was used in the 19th century to loosen or tighten
all the nuts at once used a round wrench handle.
it has several keys or tensors and we are tightening or loosening them to
[Link] pedal: there is a pedal that depending on whether you press or release it, you go
changing the tuning at the moment. it is the most comfortable.

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