CLASSICAL MUSIC

Instrumentation and Practices

What is Classical Music?

Classical music is
an art music
produced or rooted
in the traditions of
Western culture,
including both
liturgical (religious)
and secular music.
Instrumentation
and Practices
The instruments currently used in most
classical music were largely invented
before the mid-19th century (often much
earlier) and systematized in the 18th and
19th centuries.
 They consist of the instruments found in
an orchestra or in a concert band,
together with several other solo
instruments (such as the piano,
harpsichord, and organ).
 The symphony orchestra includes
members of the string, woodwind,
brass, and percussion families of
instruments.
String

• String instrument are played by pulling

a bow along the string, or plucking the
string with your fingers.
String
Woodwind

• Wind instruments are played by

blowing into a mouthpiece
Woodwind
Brass

• A kind of wind instrument that

includes trumpet, horn, trombone and
tuba
Brass
 Percussion families
of instruments.

• Percussion instrument produce sound

by being hit with an implement.
 Percussion families
of instruments.

There are two types of percussion:

1. Definite pitch – marimba, timpani, and
xylophone
2. Indefinite pitch – bass drum, cymbals,
and snare drum
Percussion families
of instruments.
Percussion families
of instruments.
 The concert band consists of members
of the woodwind, brass, and percussion
families.

It generally has a larger variety and number of woodwind

and brass instruments than the orchestra but does not
have a string section.
 Many concert bands
use a double bass
 The vocal practices changed over the
classical period, from the single line
monophonic Gregorian chant done by
monks in the Medieval period to the
complex, polyphonic choral works of
the Renaissance and subsequent
periods, which used multiple
independent vocal melodies at the
same time.
THE END

Prepared By:
Jessa Faith M. Marana