Instrument Families

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Instrument Families
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Brass

• Brass instruments are often shiny (like brass)
  and have a strong rich sound.

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Saxophone
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Tuba
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French Horn
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Trumpet
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Strings

• String instruments are plucked, strummed, or
  bowed to make different pitches.

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Violin
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Guitar
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Harp
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Banjo
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Percussion
Percussion instruments must be shaken, struck, or
hit to make sound.
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Drums
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Triangle
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Maracas
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Woodwinds
Most woodwind instruments have a reed. Some
exceptions are flutes and piccolos.
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Clarinet
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Saxophone