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Defined as the art of combining and regulating sounds of varying pitch to produce compositions that express various ideas and feelings

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Music

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Appeals to the emotions

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Music

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Can convey emotions with great intensity which can affect people directly

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Music

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The oldest and most popular medium for music is the human voice. It is the most personal as it comes from within the person

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Vocal Medium

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Most natural form of music

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Human Voice

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highest female singing voice

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Soprano

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7
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female singing voice that is low and rich in quality

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Contra Alto

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8
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highest adult male singing voice

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Tenor

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9
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male singing voice that is low and rich in quality

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Bass

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10
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male singing voice that is between tenor and bass

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Baritone

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These mediums may be natural or invented to produce a distinct type of sound

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Instrumental Medium

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produce sound by blowing, beating, plucking or through the use of a bow

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Musical Instruments

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13
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provide the basic orchestral sounds

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String instruments

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14
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They produce tones by means of the vibration of the stretched string

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String instruments

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15
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produce tones by means of a bow of horse hair

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Bowed Strings

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16
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Violin, viola, violoncello and the double bass are examples.

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Bowed Strings

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produce tones by plucking the strings with a finger or with a plectrum held in one’s hand.

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Plucked Strings

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Guitar, ukulele, banjo and the kudyapi of the Maranao and Manobo of the Philippines are examples

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Plucked Strings

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create sounds by blowing into them

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Woodwind Instrument

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The piccolo, flute, oboe, English horn, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, double bassoon and saxophone fall under this category.

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Woodwind Instrument

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The air blown causes vibration which can be altered by shortening or lengthening the column of air inside the instrument.

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Woodwind Instrument

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have cup-shaped mouthpieces and expands into a bell-shaped end. Sound is produced by blowing into the mouthpiece

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Brass instruments

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The sound can be altered depending on the tension of the lips

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Brass instruments

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The trumpet, French horn, trombone and tuba belong to this category

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Brass instruments

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make sound by hitting them with the hands, special sticks or by striking or shaking their parts together

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Percussion instruments

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Kettledrums, chimes, xylophone, tambourine, castanets, cymbals and maracas fall under this category.

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Percussion instruments

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make sound by means of a keyboard which consists of a series of black and white keys.

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Keyboard instruments

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The piano, harpsichord, celesta and organ belong to this group.

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Keyboard instruments