The Orchestra family

The Orchestra Family

The four main families

• The String Family

• The Brass Family

• The Woodwind Family

• The Percussion Family   

The string family

• The string family includes  the violin, guitar, sitar, electric bass,viola, cello, harp, double bass, banjo, mandolin, ukulele, and etc.

• The strings are the largest family of instruments

• The Strings family are made out of wood.

• The strings are played by drawing a bow across them.

The percussion family 

• The percussion family is the largest in the orchestra. 

• Makes a sound when it is hit , scraped and shaken. 

• They can sound different because they are tuned like the xylophone, piano, etc.

• Percussionists play many instruments in one piece of music.

• The percussion family includes  timpani ,xylophone  cymbals, triangle, snare drum, bass 
  drum, tambourine, maracas, gongs, chimes, celesta and piano.

  
  
  
  

The Woodwind Family

•  The woodwind includes, from the highest sounding instruments to the lowest.

• The woodwind family includes the flute, The piccolo, English Horn, clarinet, E-flat clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, etc.

• You play the woodwind by blowing air through the mouth piece.

• Not all woodwind instruments are made out of wood. They can be made from different types of metal and plastic.

The Brass family 

• They have 5 major instruments which are: The Trumpet/Cornet, the French Horn, the 
  Trombone, the Baritone/Euphonium, and the 
  Tuba/Sousaphone.

•  Sound is made by buzzing the lips together into the mouth piecce .

• They are made of wood, tusks, animal horns or shells.

• Today's modern instruments are made of brass.