1. The Instrument Families

2. The Brass Family
Sound comes from buzzing your lips on a “mouthpiece” attached to the instrument
Made of brass and other metal alloys
Use valves or slides to change the pitches.
These change the length of the instrument, making it shorter for high notes or longer for low notes

3. The Brass Family (cont.)
The brass family can play very high and very low
High range: Trumpet
Middle range: French horn
Low range: Trombone, Euphonium, Tuba
Brass instruments have “cousins” that they’re related to like Piccolo Trumpet and Bass Trombone

4. Members of the Brass Family

5. The Woodwind Family
Sound is produced by the player vibrating a reed with their breath
Sound is made on a flute by blowing across a plane on their “head joint”
Made of wood, plastic and metal
Pitch is changed by pressing keys or covering holes on the instrument

6. The Woodwind Family (cont.)
Woodwind instruments also cover a wide range
High/Medium-High range: Flute, Clarinet, Oboe
Middle range: Saxophones
Low Range: Bassoon
Woodwind “cousins” such as the Bass Clarinet, Piccolo, and the Saxophone family are more common than Brass cousins

7. Members of the Woodwind Family

8. The String Family
String instruments make sound by vibrating a string, either by plucking, striking, or bowing
Made of different kinds of wood with bits of metal
String players change the pitch of their instruments by holding their strings down against the finger board/fretboard.

9. The String Family (cont.)
String Instruments in music dating from the middle of the Baroque Period ( ) have consisted primarily of the Violin family. (Two big exceptions are the Harp and the Guitar, though it is rarely seen in orchestral music)
From highest to lowest, this includes the Violin, Viola, Cello, and Double Bass/Contrabass.
The Violin and Viola are small enough to hold them between the player’s cheek and shoulder, while the cello and bass must be played upright on the ground.

10. Members of the String Family

11. The Percussion Family
The percussion family includes any instrument that makes a sound by being stricken with a hand, stick, mallet, etc.
Percussion instruments can be made of anything, such as wood, metal, plastic, even your own body!

12. Percussion Instruments
Percussion instruments can be divided into two groups pitched and non-pitched percussion.
Pitched Percussion instruments can each produce multiple tones. Some pitched percussion include Timpani, Chimes, Xylophone, Marimba, Bells and other keyboard instruments
Non-pitched only produce one pitch but are used to provide texture and punctuation. These include snare drums, bass drums, gongs, crash cymbals and most hand percussion

13. Members of the Percussion Family

14. Can you guess the families?
Can you guess which families get showcased in each video?
Family One
Family Two
Family Three
Family Four

15. And when you put them all together…

16. Sources http://www.icompositions.com/music/song.php?sid=189990