Wednesday 18 May 2011

SAXOFON

A saxophone is a musical instrument that is made of brass and often just called a "sax". Due to the fact it is made from brass it is often involved in what is referred to as a brass section alongside true brass instruments like the trumpet or trombone. However, it is not a true brass instrument but a member of the woodwind family of instruments because it has a reed. It was developed from the clarinet and shares many similarities to the clarinet. The player blows into a reed fitted into the mouthpiece of the instrument. There are several different kinds of saxophone. In order from low to high pitch they are: tubax, contrabass, bass, baritone, tenor, alto, soprano, sopranino, and soprillo. However, only the baritone, tenor, alto, and soprano are commonly used.
It was invented in 1842 by Adolphe Sax and is very popular with modern rock and pop musicians, and often used in jazz music. The big bands of the 1940s and 1950s always used it too. Famous saxophone players were Marcel Mule (classical music) and Charlie Parker (jazz music). The instrument is rarely used in a classical orchestra.
The saxophone family is known as a transpositional family of instruments due to the fact that you do not have to alter the fingering when playing different ones.

KERINCING

Kerincing diperbuat daripada besi dan berbentuk segitiga. Pemegangnya merupakan seutas tali pendek yang diikat pada bucunya.Kerincing mempunyai sebatang besi pengetuk. Apabila diketuk kerincing menghasilkan bunyi lanjut yang nyaring.
Cara memegang dan memainkan kerincing:
Pegang pada tali kerincing pada sebelah tangan dan pengetuk di sebelah tangan lain. Pastikan tangan yang memegang tali tidak menyentuh kerincing.
Kerincing boleh dimainkan dengan mengetuk pada besi berbentuk segitiga dengan pengetuk besi. Ketukan boleh dibuat di dalam atau di sebelah luarnya.

ALAT MUZIK

Kayu Tik- Tok ( Double - tone block )
Tik-Tok diberbuat daripada kayu. Ia mempunyai pemegang dan sebatang pengetuk. Tik-Tok menghasilkan bunyi yang tidak lanjut. Bunyi di bahagian kanan tik-tok tidak sama dengan bunyi di bahagian kirinya.
Cara memegang dan memainkan tik-tok:
Pegang tik-tok dengan tangan kiri dan pemegangnya dengan tangan kanan.
Ketuk tik-tok pada bahagian kanan dan kirinya secara bergilir-gilir.
Tamborin merupakan sebuah gelung yang diperbuat daripada kayu atau plastik. Di sekelilingnya terdapat ceper-ceper besi kecil yang menghasilkan bunyi apabila digoncang.
Cara memegang dan memainkan tamborin:
Pegang tamborin dengan tangan kanan dan goyangkan ke kiri dan ke kanan.
Pegang tamborin dengan tangan kiri dan ketuk gelung dengan tangan kanan.

Monday 16 May 2011

AHLI KUMPULAN

KETUA: HAKIMI
PENOLONG: FAHMI
AHLI: FARIS,ADAM,ANIQ DAN FIRDAUS 
      
  

VIOLIN

The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello.
The violin is sometimes informally called a fiddle, regardless of the type of music played on it. The word violin comes from the Middle Latin word vitula, meaning stringed instrument;[1] this word is also believed to be the source of the Germanic "fiddle".[2] The violin, while it has ancient origins, acquired most of its modern characteristics in 16th-century Italy, with some further modifications occurring in the 18th century. Violinists and collectors particularly prize the instruments made by the Gasparo da Salò, Giovanni Paolo Maggini, Stradivari, Guarneri and Amati families from the 16th to the 18th century in Brescia and Cremona and by Jacob Stainer in Austria. Great numbers of instruments have come from the hands of "lesser" makers, as well as still greater numbers of mass-produced commercial "trade violins" coming from cottage industries in places such as Saxony, Bohemia, and Mirecourt. Many of these trade instruments were formerly sold by Sears, Roebuck and Co. and other mass merchandisers.
A person who makes or repairs violins is called a luthier, or simply a violin maker. The parts of a violin are usually made from different types of wood (although electric violins may not be made of wood at all, since their sound may not be dependent on specific acoustic characteristics of the instrument's construction), and it is usually strung with gut, nylon or other synthetic, or steel strings.
Someone who plays the violin is called a violinist or a fiddler. The violinist produces sound by drawing a bow across one or more strings (which may be stopped by the fingers of the other hand to produce a full range of pitches), by plucking the strings (with either hand), or by a variety of other techniques. The violin is played by musicians in a wide variety of musical genres, including Baroque music, classical, jazz, folk music, and rock and roll. The violin has come to be played in many non-western music cultures all over the world.

RECODER

The recorder or English flute[1] is a woodwind musical instrument of the family known as fipple flutes or internal duct flutes—whistle-like instruments which include the tin whistle and ocarina. The recorder is end-blown and the mouth of the instrument is constricted by a wooden plug, known as a block or fipple.[2] It is distinguished from other members of the family by having holes for seven fingers (the lower one or two often doubled to facilitate the production of semitones) and one for the thumb of the uppermost hand. The bore of the recorder is tapered slightly, being widest at the mouthpiece end and narrowest at the top on Baroque recorders, or flared almost like a trumpet at the bottom on Renaissance instruments.
The recorder was popular in medieval times through the baroque era, but declined in the 18th century in favour of orchestral woodwind instruments, such as the flute, oboe, and clarinet. During its heyday, the recorder was traditionally associated with pastoral scenes, miraculous events, funerals, marriages and amorous scenes. Images of recorders can be found in literature and artwork associated with all these. Purcell, Bach, Telemann and Vivaldi used the recorder to suggest shepherds and imitate birds in their music, a theme that continued in 20th century music.[3]
The recorder was revived in the 20th century, partly in the pursuit of historically informed performance of early music, but also because of its suitability as a simple instrument for teaching music and its appeal to amateur players. Today, it is often thought of as a child's instrument, but there are many professional players who demonstrate the instrument's full solo range.[4] The sound of the recorder is remarkably clear and sweet, partly because of the lack of upper harmonics and predominance of odd harmonics in the sound.[5]

DRUM

The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, technically classified as the membranous.[1] Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a drumstick, to produce sound. There is usually a "resonance head" on the underside of the drum, these are usually tuned to a slighty lower pitch than the top drumhead. Other techniques have been used to cause drums to make sound, such as the thumb roll. Drums are the world's oldest and most ubiquitous musical instruments, and the basic design has remained virtually unchanged for thousands of years.