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    This document classifies musical instruments into different categories based on their vocal range: alto, tenor, baritone, and bass. It provides brief descriptions of common instruments that fall into each category, including details about their construction, playing technique, and typical uses. Instruments described include saxophones, horns, woodwinds like oboe and bassoon, strings like viola and cello, and brass like trombone and tuba. The document aims to organize instruments by their pitch and role in musical compositions.

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    Classification of

    Musical
    Instruments
    B. Alto Instruments
    Alto Saxophone
    • By Adolfe Sax in 1841.
    • A member of the saxophone family.
    • Smaller than the tenor but larger than
    the soprano
    • Mostly used in classical compositions.
    French Horn
    • A brass instrument made of 12-13
    feet ( 3.7-4.0 m ) of tubing
    wrapped into a coil with a flared
    bell.
    English Horn ( cor anglai s)

    • Double red woodwind instrument in the oboe family.


    Viola
    • Bowed string instrument

    • The middle voice of the violin family

    • Between violin and cello


    Tenor Instruments
    Trombone
    • From the brass family

    • Sound is produced when the players vibrating lips cause the air column inside the
    instrument to vibrate.
    Tenor Saxophone
    • Medium sized member of the saxophone
    family
    Guitar
    • Played with fingers or a pick

    • A plucked string instrument


    D. Baritone Instrument
    Basson

    • A woodwind instrument in the double reed


    family . Plays music written in the bass and
    tenor registers and occasionally higher.
    Baritone Saxophone

    • Largest member of the saxophone


    family . The lowest-pitched saxophone
    in common use.
    Bass Clarinet
    • Regularly perform in symphony
    orchestras, wind ensembles, occasionally
    in marching bands and play an occasional
    solo role in contemporary music and jazz
    in particular
    Cello
    • A member of the violin family together
    with violin, viola, and double bass
    • Bowed string instrument .
    Baritone Horn
    Member of the brass instrument family.
    Has a predominantly cylindrical bore as do the
    trumpet and trombone and uses a large
    mouthpiece like euphonium and trombone,
    though a bit smaller.
    E. Bass Instrument
    Double Bass
    • The largest and the lowest-pitched
    bowed string instrument in the
    modern symphony orchestra.
    Bass Guitar

    • Stringed instrument. Played primarily with fingers or thumb, by plucking slapping


    popping tapping thumping picking
    Bass Saxophone
    • Largest member of the saxophone family
    Tuba
    • The largest and lowest pitched brass
    instrument.
    • Sound is produced by vibrating or
    buzzing the lips into a large cupped
    mouthpiece.

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