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- Brass instrument that's used in many ensembles: orchestra, concert band, jazz bands, and more
- Uses 6.5 feet of tubing (that's as tall as a double bass!)
- The only trumpet has 3 valves but you can play 45 different notes using those valves
- Brass instrument that uses over 12 feet of tubing
- Earliest types of horns were used by hunters to call back and forth across forests and fields
- It has the biggest mnote range of any brass instrument
- This brass instrument uses 9 feet of tubing
- The trombone uses the slide to change its pitch. It doesn't have valves like other brass instruments.
- Fun fact: the word for paper clip in French is trombone- they do look pretty similar, don't they?!
- Lowest member of the brass family
- It wasn't invented until 1835
- A tuba's tubing is 18 feet long
- Snare drums have several wire-covered strings stretch across the bottom that vibrate and buzz when the drum is hit
- It's used in all sorts of music and is the main instrument in a rock band drum set
- They are usually hit with hard, wooden drum sticks
- When you crash cymbals together, only their outer edges touch
- They can be all sizes, from small finger cymbals up to big 2-foot diameter cymbals
- They can be played in many ways: crashed together, hit while hanging on a stand, scratched or scraped with something hard, etc.
- They are pitched percussion instruments - that means they can play different notes
- Timpanists use tuning pedals to change the drum's pitch
- Timpani is the plural. One drum alone is called a timpano
- This is the largest and lowest sounding drum in the orchestra
- Orchestra bass drums are normally 30-40 inches in diameter
- Musicians often attach towels or lean on the drum head to dampen the sound
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Test your knowledge of the orchestra's instruments by choosing the right instrument after you hear the sound it makes.