Title: 
Headings: APPENDIX MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS & ENSEMBLES
MUSICAL
 
INSTRUMENTS
 
&
 
ENSEMBLES
 

MUSICAL
 
INSTRUMENTS
 
OF
 
THE
 
WESTERN
 
WORLD
 

The
 
HUMAN
 
VOICE
 

The
 
STRING
 
Family
 

The
 
WOODWIND
 
Family

The
 
BRASS
 
family
 

The
 
PERCUSSION
 
family
 

The
 
PIANO
 

ELECTRIC
 
and
 
ELECTRONIC
 
Instruments

COMMON
 
ANCIENT
 
INSTRUMENTS
 

The
 
VIOL
 
Family
 
(Ancestors
 
to
 
the
 
modern
 
violin
 
family):
  

The
 
LUTE
 
Family
 
(Ancestors
 
to
 
the
 
modern
 
guitar
 
family):
  

Ancient
 
Keyboard
 
Instruments
 

The
 
HARPSICHORD
 
(an
 
ancestor
 
to
 
the
 
modern
 
piano)
  

The
 
ORGAN
 

MUSICAL
 
ENSEMBLES

The
 
GROVE
 
SYMPHONY
 
ORCHESTRA
 

ENSEMBLES
 
(performing
 
groups)
 

Large
 
Ensembles
 

Orchestra
 
(also
 
called
 
Symphony
 
or
 
Symphony
 
Orchestra)

BRITTEN:
 
Young
 
Person's
 
Guide
 
to
 
the
 
Orchestra
 

See
 
MUSIC
 
GUIDE
 
1
 
(page
 
8)
 

Concert
 
Band
 

Small
 
Ensembles
 

Basso
 
Continuo

Chamber
 
Ensembles

The
 
String
 
Quartet
 

The
 
Woodwind
 
Quintet

THE
 
ROLE
 
OF
 
THE
 
CONDUCTOR
 


Content: ELECTRIC
 
and
 
ELECTRONIC
 
Instruments
Various
 
ELECTRIC
 
instruments
 
(such
 
as
 
electric
 
guitars,
 
keyboards
 
and
 
amplifiers)
 
have
  
risen
 
to
 
prominence
 
in
 
the
 
late
 
20th
 
century,
 
primarily
 
due
 
to
 
developments
 
in
 
popular
 
music. ELECTRIC
 
instruments,
 
however,
 
should
 
not
 
be
 
confused
 
with
 
ELECTRONIC
 
instruments—
 
true
 
synthesizers
 
that
 
rely
 
on
 
digital
 
and/or
 
microchip
 
computer
 
technology. Synthesized
 
instruments
 
can
 
simulate
 
traditional
 
musical
 
sounds
 
as
 
well
 
as
 
create
 
sounds
 
that
 
are
 
completely
 
original. Many
 
synthesized
 
keyboards,
 
guitars,
 
drum
 
machines
 
and
 
wind
 
instruments
 
can
 
communicate
 
with
 
computers
 
through
 
a
 
technology
 
known
 
as
 
MIDI
 
("Musical
 
Instrument
 
Digital
 
Interface"). Synthesizers
 
and
 
the
 
more
 
traditional
 
"Electric"
 
keyboards
 
and
 
guitars
 
have
 
added
 
new
 
dimensions
 
of
 
color
 
to
 
modern
 
music. Digital
 
Synthesizer
 
(Electronic)
COMMON
 
ANCIENT
 
INSTRUMENTS
 
The
 
VIOL
 
Family
 
(Ancestors
 
to
 
the
 
modern
 
violin
 
family): These
 
bowed
 
instruments
 
come
 
in
 
a
 
variety
 
of
 
sizes,
 
and
 
they
 
have
 
a
 
lighter
 
sound
 
than
 
that
 
of
 
the
 
modern
 
violins. The
 
LUTE
 
Family
 
(Ancestors
 
to
 
the
 
modern
 
guitar
 
family): The
 
lute
 
is
 
a
 
pear-shaped
 
guitar-like
 
instrument
 
wi