Maracas
The instrument I chose for the percussion family is the Maracas. They are often made of gourds (a type of squash) and dried seeds or beads are places inside so once you shake them they produce sound. They are also sometimes made of clay, wood or coconut shells. The maracas is a pair of 2 maracas and one of them is pitched high whilst the other is pitched lower. There is also a few variables such as how hard someone shakes them so I cannot determine the exact pitch nor how it changes.
Generally speaking they come as a pair & are exactly the same. The have an undetermined pitch as their sound wave is irregular and so cannot be measured as high or low.
ReplyDeleteThe only thing missing is the first part of the homework - Find out what the four instrumental families of the orchestra are & then write about how the instruments are categorised into their respective families.
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