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: Many
 
stringed
 
instruments
 
are
 
played
 
with
 
a
 
bow,
 
which
 
greatly
 
increases
 
the
 
possible
 
sounds
 
that
 
the
 
instrument
 
can
 
produce. The
 
most
 
common
 
types
 
of
 
stringed
 
instruments
 
include: the
 
violin
 
family
 
(violin,
 
viola,
 
violoncello
 
and
 
double
 
bass)


•
 
the
 
harp
 


 
the
 
guitar
 
family
 
(guitar,
 
bass
 
guitar,
 
banjo,
 
mandolin,
 
ukulele)


•
 
various
 
folk
 
instruments
 
such
 
as
 
the
 
dulcimer
 
or
 
the
 
psaltery
 


 
the
 
ancient
 
viol
 
family
 
(ancestors
 
to
 
the
 
violin
 
family)
 

The
 
violin
 
family
 
became
 
the
 
core
 
of
 
the
 
modern
 
orchestral
 
string
 
section
 
in
 
the
 
mid-
 
1600s. The
 
standard
 
range
 
categorization
 
of
 
this
 
family
 
is
 
as
 
follows: •
 
Violin
 
(soprano),
 
Viola
 
(alto),
 
Cello
 
(tenor),
 
Double
 
Bass
 
(bass)
 
Note: The
 
piano
 
and
 
the
 
harpsichord
 
ARE
 
NOT
 
string
 
instruments,
 
since
 
the
 
player's
 
hands
 
do
 
not
 
come
 
in
 
direct
 
contact
 
with
 
the
 
strings. Viola
Cello
The
 
Violin
 
Family
The
 
WOODWIND
 
Family
The
 
woodwind
 
family
 
is
 
comprised
 
of
 
wooden
 
instruments
 
that
 
the
 
player
 
must
 
blow
 
into
  
to
 
create
 
a
 
musical
 
sound. Most
 
members
 
of
 
the
 
modern
 
woodwind
 
family
 
are
 
"reed"
 
instruments
 
(a
 
piece
 
of
 
wooden
 
reed
 
attached
 
to
 
its
 
mouthpiece
 
adds
 
character
 
to
 
the
 
sound). The
 
complete
 
woodwind
 
family
 
became
 
a
 
standard
 
part
 
of
 
the
 
orchestra
 
by
 
the
 
early
 
1800s. Common
 
woodwind
 
instruments
 
include: