Music: Instruments Flashcards
This is a musical instrument consisting of a frame supporting a graduated series of parallel strings, played by plucking with the fingers.
Harp
This is a percussion instrument tuned to a chromatic scale.
Xylophone
This instrument was invented by Adolphe Sax.
Saxophone
This is a single reed woodwind instrument often used in jazz.
Saxophone
Arrange from lowest notes to the highest:
Oboe, tenor saxophone, trombone, flute
- Trombone (lowest)
- Tenor Saxophone
- Oboe
- Flute (Highest)
The oud is indigenous to this country.
Algeria
The erhu is indigenous to this country.
International Instruments
China
The koto is indigenous to this country.
International Instruments
Japan
The tabla is indigenous to this country.
International Instruments
India
Percussion instrument - pair of hand drums
Info Card: Classification, Family, Transposed, Clef
Clarinet
- Classification: Single-reed Aerophone
- Family: Woodwind
- Transposed in: B-flat
- Clef: Treble
Info Card: Classification, Family?
Marimba
- Classification: Idiophone
- Family: Percussion
Fun fact: The marimba has a lower range than the xylophone.
Familiarize:
Piano
This French horn is transposed in this key.
F
(It’s the only instrument pitched in F)
The tenor saxophone is transposed in this key.
B-Flat
The clarinet is transposed in this key.
B-flat
The cello is transposed in this key.
The cello is a non-transposing instrument.
Orchestrating a pitch would be riskiest for which of the following instruments? Flute, trumpet, clarinet, violin.
Trumpet
This classification includes any musical instrument that creates sound primarily by the vibration of the instrument itself, without the use of air flow, strings, membranes or electricity.
Example: marimba
Idiophone
This classification includes musical instruments that produce sound from vibrating strings.
Chordophones
Example: Guitar, violin, cello, harp, ukulele
This classification is any musical instrument that produces sound primarily by causing a body of air to vibrate, without the use of strings or membranes, and without the vibration of the instrument itself adding considerably to the sound.
Example: English horn, flute, trumpet, tuba, clarinet, saxophone
Aerophone
Fact Sheet: Classification, Family, Transposition, Clef?
English Horn
Classification: Aerophone
Family: Double Reed Woodwind
Transposed: Pitched in F
Clef: Treble
Known as the “cor anglais” outside of North America.
Fact sheet: Classification, family, transposition, clef?
Viola
- Classification: Chordophone
- Family: String
- Transposition: Non-Transposing
- Clef: Alto clef
Slightly larger than a violin.
Flute
