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Medium of Music
Medium of Music
ACTIVITY 1
NOTES
The media of music are classified into vocal (voices) and instrumental
(musical instrumentals)
Vocal Media pertains to male and female voices
Instrumental media pertain to different instruments played by
musicians.
Wind Instruments are classified as woodwind instruments and brass
instruments.
What are the string/stringed Guitars
instruments? Ukulele
Banjos
Mandolins
Harps
Erstwhile lyres
What are the Woodwind Piccolos
Instruments? Flutes
Oboes
English Horns
Clarinets
Brass
Bassoons
Contra Bassoons
What are the Brass Saxophones
Instruments? Trumpets
French
Horns
Trombones
Tubas
Cornets
What are the varieties of Drums (kettle drums, snare drums, side drums, etc..)
Percussion Instruments? Glockenspiels
Xylophones
Marimbas
Gongs
Cymbals
Triangles
Chimes
What are the Keyboard Organ
Instruments? Celesta
Piano Accordion
Harmonium
Who are notable artists/local Abdon, Bonifacio
composers of music? Abelardo, Nicanor
Aguilar, Freddie
Alcasid, Herminio Jr.
Ayala, Joey
Cayabyab, Ryan
SUMMARY: Write 4 or more sentences describing specific learning from these notes.
I learned that medium of music plays an important role in making sounds. Music operates as a cool, comforting
medium primarily utilized to occupy the silence in the surrounding backgrounds of our lives, providing a
seamless stimulus for us whether we are home, in the car, out in public space or at work, and the instantaneity
with which we are able affect our moods through interacting with this new digital medium has enabled us to
proscribe our own personal soundtracks to our realities.