What do we actually do to get different notes on different musical instruments ?
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Answer:
I play guitar.. I pick up the notes and play
Answer:
Because of the concept of timbre.
Explanation:
Timbre is the quality of sound specific to a certain voice, instrument, or ensemble. Tone is a sound with a specific pitch that is produced by a rate of vibration (called frequency) from an instrument or other sound medium. The instruments on page 35 part of the string family. The string family consists of the violins, violas, cellos, and basses. Each of these instruments have their own range of tones and their own unique timbre.
String instruments have a unique timbre. Each string instrument has its own tone range. Sound is produced on a string instrument by drawing a bow with horsehair across the strings pulled taut parallel to the instrument. It can also be produced by plucking the strings-a technique called pizzicato. String instruments have bodies made of several different woods. The strings can be metal, or they can be made of a material called catgut, which gives them a warmer, richer, timbre than metal strings made of steel. The strings decrease in thickness from the string that produces the lowest tones, to the string that produces the highest. This is because a thicker string is heavier, and cannot vibrate as frequently as a thinner string, thus producing a lower frequency. The thinnest string on a string instrument is the lightest, and vibrates more frequently because it is not as heavy as the lowest and thickest string, so it produces a higher frequency.
For example, the violin, known as the "soprano" member of the string family has a particularly high register. It has four strings, with the tones G, D, A, and E. The lowest note is found on the G string, and it is a G3. The highest note is four octaves above middle C, played on the E string, the fourth and highest string on the instrument. The G string is the thickest string on the instrument, as it plays the lowest notes. The principle behind this is that the heavier or thicker the string, the less it vibrates, producing a lower frequency, which is a lower sound. The E string is the thinnest, and therefore the lightest string. It produces the highest notes on the violin. Since the E string is the lightest string, it has more freedom to vibrate and can produce a higher tone than the thicker strings.
The rest of the string instruments decrease in register descending from the violin. The viola has a lower register than the violin. The highest string on a viola is the same tone as a violin's A string. The lowest string is a C. It is the "alto" member of the string family. The cello has the same strings as a viola, just at lower tones. The lowest string on a cello is a C, and the highest, an A. The bass is the lowest of the string instruments in register. Its strings are the same tones as a violin- G, D, A, and E- but they are the lower tones than the violin.
The second family of instruments is the woodwinds. The woodwind family consists of the flute, oboe, piccolo, English horn, clarinet, bassoon, and saxophone. There are a couple of methods for producing sound in woodwinds. One method is having the player blow across a hole at the end of one instrument. This stimulates the column of air existing inside the instrument. This method is used for horizontally held instruments like the flute and piccolo. Other woodwinds produce tones with reads. Woodwinds have mouthpieces with reeds, which are tiny, flexible pieces of material. When a player blows into the mouthpiece, the reed vibrates, activating the column of air inside the instrument.
The brass family consists of the trumpet, trombone, tuba, and French horn. These instruments are also played by blowing air inside them. The tones produced are affected by various valves, slides, mouthpieces, and specific techniques used to play a particular brass instrument. The register of the brass instrument (like all other instruments) is affected by its size. The larger the instrument, the lower register it has. The smaller the instrument, the higher the register of the instrument.
The percussion family is made up of the tambourine, castanets, snare drum, timpani, chimes, and xylophone. Tones are produced on percussion instruments in a variety of ways. Some instruments, such as the snare drum and timpani, produce sounds by striking the instrument with a mallet or drumsticks. Other percussion instruments produce sounds by being shook or rubbed. Not all percussion instruments produce definite tones, though. The snare drum, the castanet, and the tambourine do not produce definite pitches.
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