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Overview of Musical Instrument Classes

The document outlines various classes of musical instruments, categorized into aerophones, chordophones, membranophones, idiophones, and electrophones based on how they produce sound. It provides definitions and examples for each class, such as flutes for aerophones and guitars for chordophones. Additionally, it includes a graded music assignment requiring students to select classes and instruments to report on, detailing their descriptions and playing methods.

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Overview of Musical Instrument Classes

The document outlines various classes of musical instruments, categorized into aerophones, chordophones, membranophones, idiophones, and electrophones based on how they produce sound. It provides definitions and examples for each class, such as flutes for aerophones and guitars for chordophones. Additionally, it includes a graded music assignment requiring students to select classes and instruments to report on, detailing their descriptions and playing methods.

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MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

• Musical instruments come in all shapes in sizes and are


put in families, or groups, depending on how they create
sound.

• Are devices that manipulate sound waves


through vibrations that give them a distinctive sound.
CLASSES OF INSTRUMENTS

• AEROPHONES
• CHORDOPHONES
• MEMBRANOPHONES
• IDIOPHONES
• ELECTROPHONES
AEROPHONES
An aerophone is an instrument whose sounds are made by blowing air into
a tube. Examples: recorder, flute, fife, trumpet, bamboo saxophone.
Aerophone Family
Woodwind
Brass
Reed/Organ
ORGAN/REED
FAMILY
CHORDOPHONES
A chordophone is an instrument whose sounds are made
by causing strings to vibrate, either by:
 Plucking them (as in a guitar)
 Drawing a bow across them (as in a violin)
 Struck as in playing a piano
STRING INSTRUMENTS
MEMBRANOPHONES
A membranophone is an instrument whose sound is facilitated by the
stretching of a skin over a hollow box or some other form of resonator.
Examples: conga, bongo, timpani (drums).
Types of membranophones are:
• Struck drums
• Friction Drums
• Singing Membranophones
• Frame Drums
PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
IDIOPHONES
An idiophone is an instrument whose sound is created from the
material it is made of – that is, it is “self-sounding”, as the word
suggests. Examples: shakers, claves, jingles, maracas and other
small percussion instruments, which may be struck, shaken or
rasped.
ELECTROPHONES
An electrophone is an instrument whose sound is created by
electronic means. Examples: electronic keyboard, electric guitar.
MUSIC ASSIGNMENT
( GRADED)
FROM THE FIVE (5) CLASSES OF INSTRUMENT,
SELECT 2 CLASSES. WITHIN EACH CLASS THAT YOU
SELECT, CHOOSE AN INSTRUMENT AND WRITE A
REPORT. ( HAND WRITTEN)
INCLUDE:
• DESCRIPTION OF THE INSTRUMENT ( SHAPE AND
SIZE)
• HOW THE INSTRUMENT IS PLAYED IN DETAIL.

• FORM 1(10MKS)
MUSIC ASSIGNMENT
( GRADED) FORM 2 (15 MKS)
FROM THE FIVE (5) CLASSES OF INSTRUMENT, SELECT 3
CLASSES. WITHIN EACH CLASS THAT YOU SELECT,
CHOOSE AN INSTRUMENT AND WRITE A REPORT. ( HAND
WRITTEN)
INCLUDE:
• DESCRIPTION OF THE INSTRUMENT ( SHAPE AND SIZE)
• HOW THE INSTRUMENT IS PLAYED IN DETAIL.

DUE : FRIDAY 10TH MARCH ,2023 PLACE ON


[Link]’S DESK IN STAFFROOM OR GIVE YOUR
FORM TEACHER.

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