Musical+Instruments+in+Music+Class

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==The instruments on this page are the instruments that Mr. Zlatarski is offering to teach in class at ISS. == (for after-school lessons se//e// Music After School) (for performances ISS students have done, please go to Music Performances) (for good tab websites or hear some good music, visit Tylerguitar) ====//Mr. Zlatarski is teaching some grades on new school instruments he ordered. He teaches and plays almost every common instrument except for string instruments. The following instruments (except for the steel drums) can be signed out (like library books) and returned, in the case of students needing to practice at home.//====
 * The trombone || [[image:dtech21:Trombone.gif width="214" height="127"]] || The mouthpiece of the **trombone** is larger than that of a trumpet, and gives the instrument a more mellow sound. Instead of valves, the trombone has a slide which changes the length of its approximately 9 feet of tubing to reach different pitches.

Picture and words from [|Trombone] ||
 * The trumpet || [[image:dtech21:250px-Trumpet_1.jpg]] || The **trumpet** is a musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family.Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BC. They are constructed of brass tubing bent twice into an oblong shape, and are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air column inside the trumpet.

Picture and words from: [|Wikipedia-trumpet] || The tenor saxophone is used in many different types of ensembles, including concert bands, big band jazz ensembles, small jazz ensembles, and marching bands.
 * The tenor saxophone || [[image:dtech21:162px-Tenorsaxophon.jpg width="128" height="199"]] || The **tenor saxophone** is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor, with the alto, is the most common size of saxophone. The tenor is pitched in the key of B♭ . It sounds deeper than the alto sax. The tenor saxophone uses a slightly larger mouthpiece, reed, and ligature than the alto saxophone, and is easily distinguished from that instrument by the crook in its neck just ahead of the mouthpiece.

Picture and words from: [|Wikipedia-Tenor Saxophone] || The alto saxophone is a transposing instrument and reads the treble clef in the key of E♭. A written C for the alto sounds as the concert E♭ a major sixth lower.
 * The alto saxohone || [[image:dtech21:120px-Saxophone_alto.jpg width="96" height="200"]] || The **alto saxophone** is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments invented by Adolphe Sax. The alto, with the tenor, is the most common size of saxophone. It is larger than the soprano, smaller than the tenor, and is the size most used in classical compositions.

Words from: [|Answers- Alto Saxophone] Picture from: [|Wikipedia-alto saxophone] || Clarinets actually comprise a family of instruments of differing sizes and pitches. It is the largest such instrument family, with more than a dozen types. Of these many are rare or obsolete, and music written for them is usually played on one of the more common size instruments. The unmodified word //clarinet// usually refers to the B♭ soprano clarinet, by far the most common clarinet.
 * The clarinet || [[image:dtech21:30px-Clarinet.jpg]] || The **clarinet** is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. The name derives from adding the suffix //-et// meaning //little// to the Italian word //clarino// meaning a particular type of trumpet, as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet. The instrument has an approximately cylindrical bore, and uses a single reed.

Picture and words from: [|Wikipedia-Clarinet] ||
 * The Flute || [[image:dtech21:350px-Flute.jpg width="315" height="38"]] || The **flute** is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike other woodwind instruments, a flute is a reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air against an edge.The standard concert flute is pitched in the key of C and has a range of three octaves starting from middle C. This means that the concert flute is one of the highest common orchestral instruments, with the exception of the piccolo, which plays an octave higher.

Picture and words from: [|Wikipedia-Flute] ||
 * The Tuba || [[image:dtech21:250px-Tuba.JPG]] || The **tuba** is the largest and lowest pitched brass instrument. Sound is produced by vibrating or "buzzing" the lips into a large cupped mouthpiece. It is one of the most recent additions to the modern symphony orchestra, first appearing in the mid-19th century, when it largely replaced the ophicleide. //Tuba// is Latin for trumpet or horn. The horn referred to would most likely resemble what is known as a Baroque trumpet.

Picture and words from: [|Wikipedia-Tuba] || During British Colonial rule of Trinidad in the 1800's, hand drums were used as a call for neighbourhood gangs to collect and 'mash up' with the other gangs. Hoping to curb the violence, the government outlawed hand drums in 1886. Deprived of the drums, the Trinidadians turned to the 'Bamboo Tamboo', where each member of the group would carry a length of bamboo and pound it on the ground as the group walked through the streets, producing distinctive rhythmic 'signatures' which identified each gang. (The word "//Tamboo//" is from the French "//tambeau//", or "drum".) When two gangs met on a march, they would pull out the machetes they had hidden inside the long bamboo poles, which solved none of the violence problems. Soon, the government outlawed the bamboo bands as well. Deprived of all traditional rhythmic instruments, the Trinis took any objects they could find, including garbage can lids, old car parts, and empty oil barrels (from the Navy bases on the island). They used these instruments to form the Iron Bands, which marched down the streets playing the same distinctive rhythms. These impromptu parades were called Iron Band. The musical competitions which began to take place each year at Carnival quickly replaced the street fights. There are two competitions, one for the popular songs of the year, and a separate contest which showcases both the technical ability of each band and the versatility of the steel drum by presenting highly orchestrated classical pieces. Fifty years after the first such contest, the rivalries between steel bands still exist, but manifest themselves in an excellent quality of musicianship.
 * Steel Drums || [[image:dtech21:134px-Aasteeldrum.jpg]] || The Steel Drum is a unique instrument, and one of the most recently invented. It is a skillfully hammered 55-gallon oil drum which has been carefully tuned to produce tones. The Steel Drum carries the full chromatic range of notes, and can produce just about any type of music you can think of!

Source: [|Steel Drums] Image from: [|Wikipedia] || By Annika