Performing Media

Voices and Instruments

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Voices

The range of a singers voice depends

both on training and on physical
make up.

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Voices
Women

Men

Soprano
Mezzo-soprano
Alto

Countertenor/falsetto
Tenor
Baritone
Bass

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Voices

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Musical Instruments

String
Woodwind
Brass
Percussion
Keyboard
Electronic

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Musical Instruments

Tone color, or timber on instruments may very with register

(part of the total range) in which it is played.

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Musical Instruments

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Musical Instruments - String

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Musical Instruments
String:
Violin and Viola

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Musical Instruments
String:
Cello and Double Bass

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Musical Instruments - String

Bow = a slightly curved stick strung
tightly with horse-strings

The way of playing:

Pizzicato
Double stop, Triple stop,
Quadruple stop
Vibrato
Mute
Tremolo
Harmonics

Plucked strings:
Harp
Guitar
Played with fingers or
plectrum

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Strings

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Musical Instruments - Woodwinds

Flute Family:
Piccolo
Flute
Clarinet Family (single-reed):
Clarinet
Bass clarinet
Saxophone

Oboe Family (double-reed):

Oboe
English horn
Bassoon Family (double-reed):
Bassoon
Contrabasoon

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Musical Instruments
Oboe Family (double-reed):
Oboe
English horn

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Musical Instruments
Bassoon Family (double-reed):
Bassoon
Contrabasoon

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Musical Instruments - Brass

Trumpet
French horn
Trombone
Tuba

Brass band:
Cornet
Baritone horn
Euphonium

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Musical Instruments
Brass:
Trumpet and French horn

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Musical Instruments
Brass:
Trombone and Tuba

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Musical Instruments - Percussion

Definite Pitch:

Indefinite Pitch:

Timpani
Glockenspiel
Xylophone
Celesta
Chimes

Snare drum
Bass drum
Tambourine
Triangle
Cymbals
Gong

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Musical Instruments
Percussion:
Glockenspiel and Timpani

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Musical Instruments
Percussion:
Celesta and Xylophone

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Musical Instruments - Keyboard

Piano
Harpsichord
Pipe organ
Accordion

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Musical Instruments
Keyboard
Organ and Hrapsicord

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Musical Instruments
Percussion:
Bandoneon and Accordion

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Musical Instruments Electronic Instruments

Tape studio
Synthesizers (analog synthesis, effects devices, digital
frequency modulation, sampling)
Computers

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Musical Instruments
Electronic instruments:
Tape studio and minimoog

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Musical Instruments
Electronic instruments
Synthesizers and computer studio

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Musical Instruments
Electronic instruments
Wave forms

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Musical Instruments
Electronic instruments
Wave forms

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Musical Instruments
Electronic instruments
Wave forms

Thinking Critically About Music

Performers and Performances

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Performers
In music, ornaments or embellishments are musical
flourishes that decorate or "ornament" the overall line
of the melody.
A musician of extraordinary technical mastery is
called virtuoso

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Performances
Does the performer draw you into the music?
Is the artists tone rich and vibrant, and does he or she sing or
play in tune?
Does the performance have enough variety and flexibility of
dynamics and tempo?

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Conductor
Conductor stick is called baton.
In a modern symphony orchestra the concertmaster
is the principal first violinist.

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Conductors