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Instrument Classification

Published on Nov 20, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

INSTRUMENTAL CLASSIFICATION

BY BISHOY ABDELMALIK, MICHAEL BELTZ, ZACH BUCE, AND MATTHEW DRAKE
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AEROPHONES

  • Makes sound through vibrations in the air
  • Flute or brass instrument
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IDIOPHONES

  • Creates sound through actual vibrations within the instument itself
  • Xylophone
  • Cymbals
  • Bells
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CHORDOPHONES

  • Generates sound by vibrating a streched string
  • Bows, Harps, Lutes, Lyres, and Zithers
  • Another name for a stringed instrument
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MEMBRANOPHONES

  • Produces sound by vibrating on a streched membranes
  • Most are drums
  • 3 divisions: Struck drum-hit with stick
  • Friction drums-rubbing motion
  • String is attached and skin is pulled
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