Music Appreciation Chapter 2

Soprano

highest female voice

Alto

lowest female voice

Tenor

highest male voice

Bass

lowest male voice

Aerophone

anything that uses air to make a sound

Chordophone

anything that uses vibrating string to make a sound

Membranophone

instruments with skin that vibrates like drums

Idiophone

instrument that uses its body to make sound, no strings, skin, or air

String Instruments

creates sound from vibrating strings

Woodwind Instruments

air is blown in to make sound and has a system of keys that can be opened and closed with fingers

Brass Instruments

air is blown in to make sound and change tubing length to change pitch

Percussion Instruments

can be struck with a hand or mallet

Keyboard Instruments

sound made by pressing keys

Ensembles

group of voices and/or instruments

Choir

voices together

Orchestra

strings + woodwinds + brass + percussion

Band

woodwinds + brass + percussion

Why can one instrument belong to two categories?

one system is how sound is made and the other is how it’s played

Drum

membranophone + percussion

Violin

chordophone + string instrument

Trumpet

aerophone + brass

Piano

chordophone + keyboard