Music Instruments

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Music Instruments and Their Families
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String Family
Timbre is produced by bowing or plucking.
Bow is made of horse hair.
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Violin
Strings
Viola
Cello
Bass
Harp
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Famous people who play String Instruments

• Mrs. Hill - Cello
• Kevin Bacon (Actor) Guitar
• Meryl Streep (Actress) Violin
• Mrs. Darnell Violin
• Steve Martin (Actor) - Banjo
• Albert Einstein (Emc2) - Violin
• Bernie Williams (Baseball Player) Guitar
• Thomas Jefferson (3rd President) - Cello/Violin
• Woodrow Wilson ( 28th President) Violin
• Benjamin Franklin (inventor) Violin/Guitar
• Chester A. Arthur (21st President) Banjo

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Woodwind Instruments
Timbre is produced by a reed (except for the
flute and piccolo).
Clarinet
Piccolo
Flute
Saxophone
Uses Double Reeds
Bassoon (uses DOUBLE REED)
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Woodwind Family
Piccolo
Highest pitched W.W. instrument.
Flute
Oboe
Use DOUBLE reed.
Bassoon
Clarinet
Use SINGLE reed.
Saxophone
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Famous People who play Woodwinds

• Oscar Robertson (Basketball Player) flute
• John Quincy Adams (6th President) flute
• Bill Clinton (42nd President) saxophone
• Jennifer Garner (Actress) saxophone
• Alyssa Milano (Actress) flute
• Julia Roberts (Actress) flute/Oboe
• Patrick Henry (give me liberty or give me
  death) flute
• Lisa Simpson saxophone
• Squid ward - clarinet

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Brass Instruments
Timbre is produced by buzzing lips into a
mouthpiece.
Tuba
Trombone
Trumpet
French Horn
Baritone
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OTHER BRASS NOTES
Trombone
Does not use VALVES to change notes.
Tuba
Lowest pitched Brass instrument.
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Famous Brass Players

• Mr. Walker Tuba
• John Davis -Sheriff of Graves County
• Mr. Light Trumpet
• Neil Armstrong (Astronaut) Baritone
• Richard Gere (Actor) Trumpet
• Harry Smith (CBS The Early Show) - Tuba

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Percussion Family
TIMBRE is produced by STRIKING, SHAKING, OR
SCRAPING an instrument.
Snare Drum
Sleigh Bells
Timpani
Marimba
Bass Drum
Triangle
Xylophone
Piano
Tambourine
Castanets
Bells
Cowbell
Gong
Woodblock
Maracas
A xylophone, marimba,and timpani uses MALLETS to
make a sound.
A Snare Drum uses DRUMSTICKS to make a sound.
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Percussion Instruments
Cowbell
Snare Drum
Bass Drum
Cymbals
Timpani
Tambourine
Xylophone
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Famous Pianists
 

• Piano
• Condeleeza Rice (National Security Advisor)
• Harry Truman ( 33rd President)
• Clint Eastwood (Actor)
• Hugh Laurie (Actor)
• John Tesh (Actor)
• Alexander Graham Bell (inventor)
• Louis Braille (inventor)
• Thomas Edison (inventor)
• Katie Couric (CBS Evening News)
• Jamie Foxx (Actor)
• Kelsey Grammer (Actor)
• Dustin Hoffman (actor)
• Anthony Hopkins (Actor)
• Richard Nixon (37th President)

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Famous Percussionists

• Drums
• Dana Carvey (SNL)
• Johnny Carson( Deceased Tonight Show host)
• Trevor Bryce (Football Player)
• Phil Collins (rock star)
• Rick Allen (drummer for Def Leppard-has only
  one arm)
• Ringo Starr (The Beatles)

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