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12 instruments · 5 Orchestra families
String Instruments
Violin
4 strings · G–E · Bowed
Body length 35.5 cm – smallest in the string family
Made of spruce and maple
Bow hair is traditionally horsehair
Icons: Heifetz, Oistrakh, Menuhin
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Guitar
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Best-selling instrument in the world
6 strings tuned EADGBe
Classical, acoustic, electric — three types
About 50 million guitarists worldwide
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Descended from the Portuguese braguinha
4 strings tuned G-C-E-A
Official state instrument of Hawaii
Popularised globally by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole
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Bass Guitar
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4 strings tuned EADG — one octave below guitar
Foundation of almost all modern music
Fender Precision Bass was the first mass-produced model
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Harp
47 strings · Pedal mechanism · C–G
47 strings spanning 7 octaves
7 pedals control all notes of a key
Concert harp weighs about 35 kg
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Trumpet
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Tube length about 1.4 metres
Sounds in Bb — written C sounds as Bb
3 valves give 7 pitch combinations
Oldest brass instruments c. 3000 BC
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Trombone
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Only brass instrument without valves
7 slide positions give semitone steps
Tube length about 2.7 metres
Earliest form called the sackbut
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Saxophone
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Made of brass but classified as woodwind
Family: soprano, alto, tenor, baritone
Central to jazz, classical and popular music
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Flute
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Classified as woodwind despite being metal
Oldest known flute is 35,000 years old
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Piano
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Invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori c. 1700
Can play soft and loud — hence the name
Used in virtually every musical style
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Drums
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Drums exist in all cultures worldwide
World's oldest drums are about 5,000 years old
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Xylophone
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Xylophone means 'wood sound' in Greek
Wooden bars give a brighter, shorter tone than marimba
Related to the African balafon
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12 instruments
5 Orchestra families
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