INSTRUMENTS OF THE ORCHESTRA AND CONCERT BAND

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INSTRUMENTS OF THE ORCHESTRA AND CONCERT BAND
INSTRUMENTS OF THE ORCHESTRA AND CONCERT BAND
In color and sound
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Instruments come in four major families

• Woodwinds
• Brass
• Percussion
• Strings
• (Sometimes books will include a fifth family
  Keyboard)

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Woodwinds
clarinets
include
oboe
bassoon
saxophones
flutes
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The Flute Family
flute
alto flute
bass flute
piccolo
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The clarinet family
clarinet
Bass clarinet
Alto clarinet
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Soprano sax
Alto sax
Tenor sax
Baritone sax
The saxophone family
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Others......
bassoon
oboe
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Brass
include
trumpets
baritones
french horn
trombones
tubas
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trombone
euphonium
baritone
trumpet
French horn
tuba
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Percussion
the main instruments
snare drum
(There are SO many!!)
triangle
tympani
xylophone
cymbals
bells
bass drum
maracas
piano
(sometimes the piano is labeled as a percussion
instrument because it is necessary to hit it in
order to play it)
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Strings
string bass
violin
viola
piano
cello
(Sometimes the piano is labeled as a string
instrument because of the strings inside that you
need in order to play it)
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piano
bass
cello
viola
violin
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