MUS 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Bass Clarinet, Brass Instrument, Bass Drum
29 Apr 2023
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String instruments are sounded by bowing and/or plucking. Acoustic: wood, fretted fingerboard, nylon or steel strings. Sound produced by air, finger holes change pitch. Flute family: blow across a mouth hole. Cup-shaped mouthpiece attached to metal tubing flares at end into a bell. Pitch changed by slide or valves, pressure of lips, and breath. Embouchure: oral mechanism of lips, lower facial muscles, and jaw. Trumpets and horns: prevalent in ancient world. Timpani, kettle drums: large copper bowls, stretched calfskin or plastic heads. Xylophone, marimba: tuned blocks of wood, struck with mallets. Vibraphone: metal blocks with resonators, exaggerated vibrato. Glockenspiel ( set of bells ): tuned steel bars, struck with mallets. Chimes/ tubular bells: tuned metal tubes suspended from a form struck with a hammer. Snare drum (side drum): two heads, taut-snares run across lower heads. Air flow to pipes controlled by keyboards and pedal boards.
