English Course: Musical Instruments Families, Conservatorio Santa Cecilia- Roma

CORSO LINGUA INGLESE

CONSERVATORIO SANTA CECILIA- ROMA A.A. 2024/25

DOCENTE: MIRELLA DI VITAFAMILIES OF INSTRUMENTSFAMILIES OF THE ORCHESTRA The orchestra is made up of 4 families of instruments. Each family is grouped by the way the instrument produces vibrations.FAMILIES OF THE ORCHESTRA

• cymbals
• xylophone
• castanets
• tubular bells
• trombones
• gong
• cornet
• tuba
• trumpets
• bass drum
• contrabassoons
• timpani
• clarinets
• piano
• bassoons
• bass clarinet
• French horns
• oboes
• harps
• flutes
• piccolo
• English horns
• double basses
• violas
• second violins
• first violins
• cellos

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STRING FAMILY

Instruments in this family produce sound by vibrating strings. The strings are vibrated in two ways: using a bow to rub the strings or plucking the strings, usually with the hand. The pitch is changed on string instruments by adjusting the length of the string. Prof. Mirella Di Vita Conservatorio Santa Cecilia - Roma Viola Violin Cello Bass

STRING FAMILY Instruments

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WOODWIND FAMILY

Piccolo Flute Clarinet Bassoon Oboe Saxophone Recorder The Woodwind Family includes the flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon and saxophone. The family produces sound by blowing a column of air inside some form of tube. Edge-blown instruments = flute, recorder Single reed instruments = clarinet, saxophone Double reed instruments = oboe, bassoon Prof. Mirella Di Vita Conservatorio Santa Cecilia - Roma

BRASS FAMILY

The Brass Family is one of the oldest families of the orchestra and includes the trumpet, French horn, tuba and trombone. Sound is produced when a brass player buzzes his or her lips into a cup-shaped mouthpiece to produce vibrating air. Prof. Mirella Di Vita Conservatorio Santa Cecilia - Roma Trumpet Trombone French Horn Tuba

PERCUSSION ISTRUMENTS

Percussion instruments list

• tom-tom
• cymbal
• hi-hat
• glockenspiel
• timpani/kettledrums
• drumsticks
• snare drum
• drum stool
• drum kit
• xylophone
• steel drum

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PERCUSSION ISTRUMENTS Sound Production

Sound on percussion instruments is created by hitting, rubbing or shaking either a solid material, like a metal triangle, or a membrane, like the top of a snare drum. Pitched percussion instruments = chimes, xylophone, kettledrums. Unpitched percussion instruments = snare drum, bass drum, triangle, cymbals etc ... Prof. Mirella Di Vita Conservatorio Santa Cecilia - Roma

KEYBOARD INSTRUMENTS

Celeste Pipe Organ Digital Piano - Harpsichord Piano Accordion Term for instruments such as the organ, piano, clavichord, harpsichord, etc. which are sounded through the use of a set of keys, push buttons, or parallel levers. Depressing a key on the keyboard makes the instrument produce sounds-either by mechanically striking a string (acoustic piano), plucking a string (harpsichord), causing air to flow through a pipe organ, striking a bell (carillon), or, on electric and electronic keyboards, completing a circuit (Hammond organ, digital piano, synthesizer). Prof. Mirella Di Vita Conservatorio Santa Cecilia - Roma£