MUSICAL
INSTRUMENTS
Presented by
Y.HARIKRISHNA
KALYANI
WHAT IS A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT?
A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making music.
In principle, anything that produces sound can serve as a musical instrument.
The term "musical instrument", however, is generally reserved for items that have a specific musical purpose.
HISTORY OF MUSICAL INSTUMENTS
The first musical instrument invented is the flute, this was confirmed by German scientist who unearthed a flute which was made from a vulture's wing bone. The flute was estimated to be at least 35,000 years old
TYPES MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
String InstrumentsPercussion InstrumentsWind InstrumetsBrass Intrumets
STRING INSTRUMENTS
STRING INSTRUMENTS
Their sound is made by a vibrating string. Strings can be made of metal, synthetic or natural materials.
The strings can have different gauge or thickness, weight,length and tension.
PICTURES OF STRING INSTRUMENTS
GUITARPIANO VIOLIN
HARP
GUITAR
The guitar is a musical instrument
with ancient roots that is used in a
wide variety of musical styles.
It typically has six strings, and four,
seven, eight, ten, and twelve string
guitars are also exist
PIANO
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with felt hammers that immediately rebound allowing the strings to continue vibrating at their resonant frequency.
These vibrations are transmitted through a bridge to a soundboard that amplifies them.
VIOLIN
The violin is a bowed string instrument with four strings
It is the smallest and highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments.
HARP
It has about 45 strings stretched across its tall triangular frame. The strings are plucked by hand while seven pedals at the bottom of the harp adjust the length of the strings to produce additional notes.
PERCUSSION FAMILY
PERCUSSION FAMILY
o It means, "the hitting of one body against another," instruments in the percussion family are played by being struck, shaken, or scraped.
o In the orchestra, the percussion section provides a variety of rhythms, textures and tone colors.
PICTURES OF PERCUSSION FAMILY
CHIMES
XYLOPHONE
CHIMES
Chimes are a tuned instrument
consisting of a set of 12 to 18 metal
tubes hung from a metal frame. The
chimes, or tubular bells, are struck
with a mallet and sound like church
bells when played
XYLOPHONE
The xylophone is a tuned instrument made of hardwood bars in graduated lengths set horizontally on a metal frame.
Striking the bars with hard mallets produces a bright, sharp sound
WIND INSTRUMENTS
WIND INSTRUMENTS
The woodwind family have different
sources of sound. Vibrations begin
when air is blown across the top of an
instrument, across a single reed, or
across two reeds.
PICTURES OF WIND INSTRUMENTS
FLUTE SAXOPHONE
PICCOLO
OBOE
FLUTE
The flute is now made from silver or gold and is about 2 feet in length. It looks like a narrow tube with a row of holes covered by keys along one side.
The player blows air across the small hole in the mouthpiece to produce a sound
PICCOLO
• The piccolo is exactly like the flute
except that it is much smaller and is
usually made of silver or wood.
• The pitch of the piccolo is higher
than that of a flute.
OBOE
The oboe is made by wood and it
have metal keys that can produce
many notes rapidly.
It has two reeds tied together then
the reeds vibrate and produce a
sound.
SAXOPHONE
The saxophone is made by brass. Although it is found only occasionally in the symphony orchestra
BRASS FAMILY
BRASS FAMILY
Brass family instruments produce their unique sound by the player buzzing his/her lips while blowing air through a cup- or funnel-shaped mouthpiece only
PICTURES OF BRASS FAMILY
TUBA
TRUMPET
TROMBONE
TUBA
The tuba has four to five valves and is held upright in the player’s lap.
TROMBONE
It gives the instrument a more
mellow sound. Instead of valves, the
trombone has a slide which changes
the length of its approximately 9
feet of tubing to reach different
pitches
TRUMPET
The player presses the three valves
in various combinations with the
fingers of the right hand to obtain
various pitches
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