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Don't get them confused with composers.
A composer is a person who creates and writes music.
The instruments of this family used to be made out of wood, which gives them their name. Today, they are made of wood, plastic, metal or some combination. They are played by blowing air into the mouthpiece, called a reed, and opening or closing the holes with your fingers to change the pitch. Metal caps called keys cover the holes of most woodwind instruments.
The strings are the largest family of instruments. They take up the most space of the stage. When you look at a string instrument, you'll notice that it is made of wood. The bodies of the string instruments, which are hollow inside to allow sound to vibrate within them, are made of different kinds of wood. The part that makes the sound are the strings, which are made of nylon, steel or sometimes gut. The strings are played most often by drawing a bow on them.
Percussion instruments include any instrument that makes a sound when it is struck, shaken or scraped. It is not easy being a percussionist because it takes a lot of practice to hit an instrument with the right amount of strength in the right place at the right time.
The brass family is, indeed, made of brass. Like the woodwinds, brass players use their breath to provide sound, but instead of blowing into a reed, they vibrate their lips by buzzing them against a metal, cup-shaped mouthpiece. This family can play louder than any other instrument in the orchestra. Although their ancestors are known to be made out of wood, tusks, animal horns or shells, today's modern instruments are entirely made of brass.
Instruments and their Families
The instruments of this family includes:
Flute, Piccolo, Oboe, English Horn, Clarinet, E-flat Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Bassoon and Contrabossoon.
This picture demonstrates the standard arrangement of the modern symphony orchestra. this arrangement has been used since the early 20th century.
A symphony orchestra can have up to 20 different kinds of instruments. Large symphony orchestras can have a over a hundred musicians.