2. Kenneth Beck Enterprise High School INSTRUMENT FAMILIES AND CLASSIFICATIONS: AEROPHONES

3. REVIEW FROM YESTERDAY How do we classify instruments? What are the 6 classifications we discussed yesterday? Which one requires air to produce sound?

4. REVIEW FROM YESTERDAY How do we classify instruments? We classify instruments based on how sound is produced. What are the 6 classifications we discussed yesterday? Aerophones, Membranophones, Corpophones, Idiophones, Electrophones, Chordophones Which one requires air to produce sound? Aerophone

5. AEROPHONES Aerophones produce sound by blowing air across a reed, tone hole, or into a mouthpiece that is connected to a tube. Aerophones also manipulate pitch by pressing down valves, keys, or moving a slide when blowing air through the tube. Aerophones can be split into two families based on: What they are made of How they manipulate pitch How they initiate sound

6. Manipulate pitch using valves Exception Trombone Initiate sound by “buzzing” lips on metal mouthpiece Instruments are made of metal Manipulate pitch using keys Initiate sound by blowing air across a reed or tone hole Instruments usually made of wood Exceptions Saxophone Flute GENERAL GUIDELINES Woodwinds Brasswinds

7. Trumpet French Horn Trombone Euphonium Tuba Flute Clarinet Saxophone Oboe Bassoon EXAMPLES Woodwinds FamilyBrasswind Family

8. Produces sound by blowing air across a tone hole Originally made of wood, but is now commonly made of metal Soprano voicing (highest) Famous player James Galway Susan Milan How would you describe this sound? What image comes to mind? WOODWINDS: FLUTE

9. WOODWINDS: CLARINET Produces sound by blowing air across a single reed Commonly made of wood, although some plastic clarinets do exist Soprano/Alto voicing Famous player Artie Shaw Woody Herman How would you describe this sound? What image comes to mind?

10. WOODWINDS: SAXOPHONE Produces sound by blowing air across a single reed Commonly made of metal Alto/Tenor voicing Famous player Charlie Parker John Coltrane How would you describe this sound? What image comes to mind?

11. WOODWINDS: OBOE Produces sound by blowing air across two reeds laced together Commonly made of wood, although some plastic oboes do exist Soprano voicing Famous player Alex Klein Pierre Pierlot How would you describe this sound? What image comes to mind?

12. WOODWINDS: A CLOSER LOOK Clarinet Oboe

13. WOODWINDS: BASSOON Produces sound by blowing air across two reeds laced together Commonly made of wood Bass voicing Famous player Ludwig Milde William Waterhouse How would you describe this sound? What image comes to mind?

14. http://www.SFSkids.org Music Lab “Instruments in the orchestra” Note which WW is not present in the orchestra LETS EXPLORE SOME MORE…

15. REVIEW Take out a sheet of paper to turn in. Number 1-10 Identify the instrument and the material it is COMMONLY made of.

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26. ANSWERS 1.Clarinet 2.Oboe 3.Bassoon 4.Clarinet 5.Flute 6.Flute 7.Saxophone 8.Bassoon 9.Saxophone 10.Oboe