AEROPHONES

REPORTED BY: ASHANTY MADELINE D. CRUZ

AEROPHONES
are instruments
which are produced
initially by trapped
vibrating air columns
or which enclose a body
of vibrating air.
 used throughout
1.
Africa and either
FLUTES vertical or side-blown
are usually fashioned
from a single tube
closed at one end are
blown like a bottle.
Examples:

Atenteben (Ghana) Fulani Flutes

Examples: Panpipes consist of
cane pipes of
different lengths
tied in a row or in
a bundle held
together by wax or
cord, and generally
Panpipes closed at the
bottom.
 are commonly
2.
made from
HORNS
elephant tusks
and animal
horns.
Example: -type of horn made
from the horn of
the kudu antelope.
It releases a
mellow and warm
sound that adds a
unique African
Kudu horn accent to the
music.
 are single-reed
3.
pipes made from
REED hollow guinea corn or
PIPES sorghum stems, where
the reed is a flap
partially cut from
the stem near one
end.
Example: -most well-known is
the rhaita or ghaita,
an oboe-like double
reed instrument from
northwest Africa. It
is one of the primary
instruments used by
traditional music
rhaita or ghaita
ensembles from
Morocco.
 mostly made of wood
Short pieces of horn
serve as whistles, often
4. with a short tube inserted
WHISTLE into the mouthpiece. Clay
can be molded into whistles
of many shapes and forms and
then baked. Pottery whistles
are sometimes shaped in the
form of a head
Example:

African
whistle
 are made of wood,
metal, animal horns,
5.
TRUMPETS elephant tusks, and
gourds with skins from
snakes, zebras,
leopards, crocodiles
and animal hide as
ornaments to the
instrument.
Examples:

trumpet with side-blown

snakeskin trumpet (Nigeria)
Thanks for
listening!
Any questions?
 1. ____ _____ are single-reed
pipes made from hollow guinea
corn or sorghum stems.
2. Give one example of
QUIZ African flute.
3. An oboe-like double reed
instrument from northwest
Africa.
 4. are instruments which
are produced initially by
trapped vibrating air
QUIZ 5. _____ are commonly
made from elephant tusks
and animal horns.