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The document categorizes instruments into four families: brass, woodwinds, strings, and percussion. Brass instruments have cupped mouthpieces and use valves or slides, while strings are played with a bow or plucked fingers. Woodwinds contain single or double reeds, and percussion instruments are played by hitting or shaking them.
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Instrumentspresentation
- 1. Instruments of the Orchestra
- 2. Families of Instruments Brass Woodwinds Strings Percussion
- 3. Brass Family Instruments have a cupped mouthpiece. Most of the brass instruments use valves. One instrument has a slide. Instruments are usually a brass color.
- 4. String Family All of the instruments in the string family have strings. Instruments are played with a bow or plucked with the fingers(pizzicato).
- 5. Woodwind Family Woodwind instruments have either single or double reeds.
- 6. Percussion Family An instrument is in the percussion family if it is played by hitting or shaking.