Instrumental Tone Colors • Aerophones – vibrating column of air (includes woodwinds AND brass) • Chordophones – vibrating string(s) – can be “lutes,” “harps,” or “zithers” • Membranophones – all drums Hornbostel- • Idiophones – object itself vibrates • Electrophones – new classification for Sachs electronic sounds Classifications • Hornbostel-Sachs Classification (quick tour) • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ka05bsVKq f0 • Hornbostel-Sachs Outline (Wikipedia) • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel–Sachs The Vegetable Orchestra
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• http://www.vegetableorchestra. org/ • - Founded 1998, Vienna (Austria) - performs on instruments made of fresh vegetables If these links do not work, go to the next page
• Strange Musical Instruments Never Seen Before • Groove Onkels "Trashed Alive“ “Found” & • The Musician Playing Actual Trash • Harry Partch (1901-1974) – US composer Invented - Part 1 of 3 - Harry Partch and his Strange Musical Instruments Instruments - Part 2 of 3 - Harry Partch and his Strange Musical Instruments - Part 3 of 3 - Harry Partch and his Strange Musical Instruments • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c__xzSfQA5g
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• Superbowl XLVI (Giants/Patriots, 2012) - Chevrolet Sonic Commercial • “Needing / Getting” (audio, released 2010) • Official Video: “Needing / Getting” (2012) OK GO, - Chevrolet financed ($ 500K to $ 1 million) “Needing/Getting” - 2-mile track, computer programmed - 1,100 homemade instruments (55 pianos, 288 guitars, 66 amplifiers, etc.) • See OK/GO Videography for list of more videos by this band OK Go
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vrorg79aNM
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7VCPXTOATY
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MejbOFk7H6c
• https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a15120430/car- commercialism-the-making-of-ok-gos-needing-getting-music-video/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OK_Go_videography Woodwinds (flute, clarinet, oboe, etc.) - edge tones (flutes) - single reeds (clarinets & saxophones) - double reed (oboes & bassoons)
Brass (trumpet, trombone, tuba, etc.) Western - lip-vibrated aerophones
Families of Strings (violin, ‘cello, guitar, harp, etc.) - lutes (violins, guitars, etc.) Instruments - harps (frame w/ fixes string lengths)
Percussion (drums, cymbals, xylophone, etc.) - membranophones (drums) - idiophones (struck, rubbed, shaken, etc.)
“Other” (piano, organ, synthesizer, etc.) Orchestra (Symphony Orchestra) - all families (most are strings) - multiple players on same part - conductor
Instrumental Band (no strings, usually) - many different “types” Ensembles - marching, concert, jazz, rock, etc.
Chamber Ensemble (3 criteria) - less than 10 players (usually) - each player has own part - no conductor • Benjamin Britten (1913-1976), composer The Young • Henry Purcell (1659-1695), original theme Person’s Guide to • 1945 commission for educational film the Orchestra: • Commentary added by various writers Variations and • Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra Fugue on a Theme of Purcell • Benjamin Britten: (Illustrated) The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra Op.34 - with Peter Pears • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WrlwY- Watch one or Kjp4 both to learn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjOiZRe instruments of M7m4 the orchestra PITCH = the frequency of vibration (heard as “high” vs. “low”)
Review -The DURATION = the length of time a sound lasts (heard as aspects of rhythm) 4 Parameters TIMBRE = tone color (the source of the of Sound sound, i.e., instrument, voice, other) DYNAMICS = Loudness/Softness