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Percussion instruments are played by striking (e.g. drums), shaking
(e.g. maracas) or scraping
(e.g. guiro). They can be tuned, like
a xylophone, or untuned, like claves.
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In an orchestra, there are four families
of instruments; strings, woodwind,
brass and percussion. The conductor stands at the front and guides the
orchestra as they play.
The strings section of an orchestra includes; violin, viola, cello, double
bass and harp. They make their
sound either by pulling a bow across
a string, or plucking it.
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Trumpets, trombones, french
horns and tubas are found in the
brass section of an orchestra.
Their sound is made by the vibration of the lips of the player
against the mouthpiece.
Woodwind instruments make
their sound by the player blowing across a reed or the
edge of a mouthpiece. In the
orchestra, you will find flutes,
oboes, clarinets and bassoons.
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Percussion instruments
found in an orchestra
include timpani (kettle drums), bass drum, snare
drum, cymbal and triangle.
Although horns are made out of brass today, animal horns have
been used since ancient times.
At first they were used to signal
across long distances.
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The loudest instrument on earth is
the Boardwalk Hall Auditorium
Organ, which can be found in
the Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA. It is also the
largest pipe organ in the world.
On a keyboard instrument, the white
keys are the natural
notes, and the black keys
are the sharps and flats.
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Bagpipes weren't invented in
Scotland! It is believed that
bagpipes were used in Ancient Rome and the Middle
East thousands of years ago.
Didgeridoo players can breathe in
through their nose while blowing air out of their mouths. This is so
they do not have to take a rest for
a breath, and the notes can go on
for a long time.
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The word ukulele means
"jumping flea" in Hawaiian.
This is because of the very fast finger movements
needed to play it.
The longest drum roll ever recorded
lasted an incredible 12 hours, 5 minutes and 7 seconds. It was
performed by Jayson Brinkler in
Dartford, Kent United Kingdom on the
16th of May 2015.
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Over 70 pieces of wood are used to
make a violin. Each violin bow contains
between 150 and 200 hairs, which can be man-made or natural.
A piano is considered a
percussion instrument
because a note is played
when a hammer hits a string.
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A traditional sitar is made from
wood, with some bone or horn, as
well as a dried gourd. The gourd
forms the resonating chamber, allowing the sound waves to bounce around inside
and making a more intense sound.
Keyboard instruments make their sounds in different
ways. In a piano, a hammer hits a string but in a harpsichord,
the strings are plucked. Air is
pushed through pipes to make
the sound in a church organ.
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A Sousaphone is a special kind of
tuba that wraps around the player,
allowing it to be used in a marching band. It is named after march
composer John Philip Sousa.
The pipes of many brass instruments are bent because otherwise the
instrument would be too long to play.
The pipes in a tuba are about seven
metres long!
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Like many instruments, the
recorder comes in different
sizes. The most commonly
played is the descant, but the other sizes include treble,
tenor and bass versions.
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