Introduction to Instruments

5th Grade BandMs. Lisa Phillips

WOODWIND FAMILY

♪ Flute

♪ Clarinet

♪ Oboe

♪ Saxophone

♪ Bassoon

FLUTE

• You blow across the tone hole to produce a sound.

• The instrument is played with both hands and held horizontal to the mouth.

CLARINET

• When air is blown between the reed and the mouthpiece, the reed vibrates producing a sound.

• The clarinet is played with both hands in a vertical position from the mouth.

OBOE

• Sound is produced when the player blows into the instrument allowing the double reed to vibrate.

• The oboe is played with both hands in a vertical position.

SAXOPHONE• When air is blown

between the reed and the mouthpiece, the reed vibrates producing a sound.

• The saxophone is played with both hands and across the body letting the left side of the horn to rest beside the players right leg

BASSOON• Sound is produced

when the play blows into the instrument allowing the double reed to vibrate and flow through the vocal.

• The bassoon is played with both hands and across the body letting the side of the horn to rest beside the players right leg

BRASS FAMILY

♪ Trumpet

♪ Trombone

♪ French Horn

♪ Baritone

♪ Tuba

TRUMPET

• By buzzing your lips on the mouth piece, it produces sound.

• The instrument has 3 valves and is played directly straight out from the mouth.

TROMBONE

• By buzzing your lips on the mouth piece, it produces sound.

• The trombone is played with a slide rather than keys or valves and is played straight out from the mouth.

FRENCH HORN

• By buzzing your lips on the mouth piece, it produces sound.

• The instrument has three valves and is played across the body resting its bell on the performers right leg.

BARITONE

• By buzzing your lips on the mouth piece, it produces sound.

• The instrument has 3 valves and rests on the players right leg in an up-right position.

TUBA

• By buzzing your lips on the mouth piece, it produces sound.

• The instrument has 3 valves sits in an up-right position.

PERCUSSION

• Percussion instruments are played with drum sticks, mallets, hands, etc., being stroked to produce a sound.

TIME TO CHOOSE

♪ Write down the two instruments you are most interested in playing for 5th grade

band.

QUIZ TIME

♪ The flute belongs to which family?

♪ The tuba belongs to which family?

♪ What instrument is being played?

♪ What instrument is being played?

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!

WORKS CITED

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