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    The document summarizes the different sections that make up an orchestra, including woodwinds, brasswinds, strings, percussion, and keyboards. It describes the basic vocal types and provides details on various instruments within each section, such as flutes, oboes, bassoons, clarinets, saxophones, violins, cellos, trombones, timpani, and pianos. It also provides a brief biography of English composer Benjamin Britten and mentions his work "The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra."

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    The document summarizes the different sections that make up an orchestra, including woodwinds, brasswinds, strings, percussion, and keyboards. It describes the basic vocal types and provides details on various instruments within each section, such as flutes, oboes, bassoons, clarinets, saxophones, violins, cellos, trombones, timpani, and pianos. It also provides a brief biography of English composer Benjamin Britten and mentions his work "The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra."

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    BHLA2313 Week 3

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    The document summarizes the different sections that make up an orchestra, including woodwinds, brasswinds, strings, percussion, and keyboards. It describes the basic vocal types and provides details on various instruments within each section, such as flutes, oboes, bassoons, clarinets, saxophones, violins, cellos, trombones, timpani, and pianos. It also provides a brief biography of English composer Benjamin Britten and mentions his work "The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra."

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    The Orchestra

    Kenny Lim
    ● Voices sections
    ● Woodwinds
    ● Brasswinds
    ● Strings
    ● Percussion
    ● Keyboard
    ● Vocals
    Basic vocal types
    ● Soprano
    ● Alto
    ● Tenor
    ● Bass
    The Formation of an Orchestra
    Woodwind Family
    Three types of woodwind instrument:
    ● Single Reed
    ● Double Reed
    ● No Reed
    Flutes
    ● Traditionally made of wood
    ● Modern flutes are made of precious metals such as silver and gold
    ● Does not require a reed to produce sound
    ● Vibration through the column of air produces sound
    Piccolo
    ● Made of wood
    ● Highest pitched woodwind instrument
    Oboe & Cor-anglais/ English Horn
    ● Double reed instrument
    ● Made of wood
    ● Vibration of the double reed produces sound
    Bassoon & Contra-Bassoon
    ● Double reed instrument
    ● Made of wood
    ● Plays in the lower pitch range
    Clarinet & Bass Clarinet
    ● Single reed instrument
    ● Requires a mouthpiece
    ● The reed will vibrate against the mouthpiece to produce a sound
    Saxophone
    ● Single reed instrument
    ● Invented by Adolph Sax
    Strings Family
    Violin

    Strings
    Viola Section in the Cello
    Orchestra

    Double
    Bass
    Brass winds
    ● Uses a technique known as
    “buzzing”
    ● Vibration produce by the
    performers lip tension that
    sets the column of air in
    motion.
    ● Most brass instruments uses
    a mechanism known as
    valves
    ● Trombone uses a mechanism
    known as slide
    Percussion
    Vibration produces sounds of definite or indefinite pitch percussion when the instrument is
    shaken or struck

    Definite Pitch Indefinite Pitch

    Timpani (Kettledrums) Snare Drum (Side drum)

    Glockenspiel Bass Drum

    Xylophone Tambourine

    Chimes Triangle

    Marimba Cymbals

    Vibraphone Gong
    Keyboard

    Pipe Organ Piano Harpsichord


    Difference between three keyboard instruments
    ● Organ produces sound by driving pressurised air through the organ pipes
    ● Piano produces sound with the felt hammer hitting the strings
    ● Harpsichord produces sound by using a mechanism known as plectrum to
    pluck the strings
    Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976)
    ● English composer, conductor and pianist
    ● Figure of 20th century British music
    ● Known for various works, especially his english
    operas.
    ● The young person’s guide to the orchestra (1943)
    ● Composed for a documentary film in 1946

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