A Night At The Symphony
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Submitted by jonesch7 on 06/30/2008 05:21 PM
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A Night At The Symphony
A Night at the Symphony
Have you ever gone to the symphony and wondered how each instrument worked, and why they look so different? Amongst the tuxedos and black dresses of the performers on stage lies a multitude of instruments, unique in many ways. Each with their own method of vibration, construction, pitch and sound, these instruments are classified into brass, woodwinds, strings, and percussion.
Unlike any of the other groups, brass instruments rely on the musician to "buzz" or vibrate their lip into the mouthpiece to cause sound. This initial vibration travels through a series of tubing, usually brass, which ultimately flares into a bell shape. Instruments in this category include the trumpet, coronet, French horn, baritone, tuba, and slide trombone. Most of these instruments feature valves, which either extend or decrease the passageway of air. By depressing the valves in a certain succession, notes are achieved. The slide trombone is unique, for it has only one valve with no definite position. When the slide is moved, the airway is lengthened or condensed producing high or low notes.
Similar to brass instruments, woodwinds require air to be blown; however, in place of the player's vibrating lips, is a wooden reed which is located in the mouthpiece, held in place by a clamp. Classified into three groups woodwind instruments include: single reed, double reed, and flutes. As their name implies, single reed instruments, such as the tenor, alto and baritone saxophones, and the B , alto, bass, and contrabass clarinets, use only one reed. Double reeded instruments do not use a mouthpiece, only two reeds, which vibrate against each other, held together by a tightly wrapped string. Instruments in this category include the oboe and bassoon. Most reeds are made of bamboo. Although woodwinds are usually constructed from wood, flutes and piccolos are traditionally manufactured using metal and do not use reeds. Instead, air is...
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