Instrument Demonstration for Beginning Band

hello I'm sergeant first class Lauren Curran this is the United States Army Field band instrument demonstration video today we are going to demonstrate the standard wind and percussion instruments used in the concert band we'll start with the flute hi I'm Staff Sergeant Pam Daniels and this is a flute the flute is one of the highest pitched instruments in the band while it is a woodwind instrument flutes are usually made of metal this one is made of gold and silver the sound is created by blowing across a small hole in the head joint here and pressing down these keys to change the notes in a band flutes often sit in the front and get to play many different styles of music from beautiful slow lyrical melodies like you just heard to fast technical show pieces like this and that's the flute hi I'm Staff Sergeant Sarah SRAM Borg and this is the oboe another member of the woodwind family as you can see it looks very similar to the clarinet but with one crucial difference the oval uses this a double reed which is two pieces of cane tied together when I blow air into the reed the two pieces of cane vibrate together to make us out oboe reeds are very delicate and must be handled with care each reed is handmade usually by the oboe player and only lasts for a few days the oboe has a rich complex sound and is frequently used as a solo voice in band and orchestra because it has such a clear emotive sound that carries over the ensemble because of its evocative sound there are many beautiful solos in our repertoire here is one by Tchaikovsky the oboe can also sound very exotic here is a solo from the bacchanal from Samson and Delilah and that's the oboe I'm Staff Sergeant Joel clanky and this is the clarinet the clarinet also uses a reed but unlike the oboe is Reed it doesn't actually make any sound by itself but when you attach it to the mouthpiece and put the mouthpiece on the instrument it sounds like this the clarinet is known for its warm rich tone color and it's also known for its ability to play extremely softly another thing that makes the clarinet special is that many composers wrote some of their greatest music for the clarinet so if you play this instrument you'll get to play some amazing music that's really fun to play and that's the clarinet hi everyone I'm sergeant first class Brian Sakawa and this is a saxophone the saxophone was invented by Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax to combine the power of the brass with the agility of the woodwinds I think the saxophone is one of the coolest instruments and I actually started playing it in fourth grade because I had a friend who was taking private saxophone lessons and he was like the coolest guy in the world so I had to be like him other than being really cool one of my favorite things about the saxophone is its beautiful tone now the other thing I love about the saxophone is its versatility I can play in any type of band a concert band a marching band and orchestra a rock band and of course a jazz band and that's the saxophone hello I'm Staff Sergeant data cruncher and I play the bassoon like the oboe the bassoon is a woodwind instrument and part of the double reed family it uses a reed similar to the oboe if you play the reed by itself it sounds a little funny maybe even a little weird you put it on the instrument it sounds like this the bassoon much like the clarinet has keys and it also has holes it can play a relatively low and fairly high which make makes it have a wide range it can play funny things more seriously and that's the Basu hello I am Staff Sergeant Kevin Paul and this is the trumpet the trumpet is a member of the brass family like all brass instruments the trumpet uses a mouthpiece and you play the trumpet by buzzing your lips into it when you put the mouthpiece into the trumpet that sounds like this the trumpet is known for playing bugle calls and fanfares and also for its powerful heroic character another thing that makes the trumpet great is its versatility it can play soft and lyrical passages and that's the trumpet I'm Staff Sergeant Becky McLaughlin and this beautiful brass instrument is a French horn as a brass player I also buzzed my lips into a mouthpiece and the French horn uses the smallest mouthpiece in the brass family your school may use single horns which have three rotor valves and one row of tuning slides the horn I play is called a double horn like you would see in orchestras and bands it has three valves a thumb valve or a trigger and two sets of tuning slides this gives me a huge range of pitches your right hand goes into the Bell of the horn and it normally stays in the same spot but if you close it up into the Bell you can make the horn sound muted or stopped I love the French horn for its versatility you've heard it play big powerful fanfares warm rich melodies like this one from Jurassic Park Oh and other great melodies like this one and that is the French horn hello I'm Master Sergeant Aaron Cadmus and this is the trombone it has a cup shaped mouthpiece just like all the other brass instruments and it sounds like this when you put the mouthpiece back in the horn trombone sounds like this the biggest difference between the trombone and all the other instruments is the slide everyone else has to push some kind of button to change the pitches while the trombone player moves the slide in and out when a trumpet player for instance pushes down on one of his or her valves the length of the trumpet changes because the valves are routing air through longer or shorter tubes the trombone slide literally makes the horn longer or shorter and you can actually see it happening here's a funny little tune that demonstrates the slide very well another way to change notes on brass instruments is by making the lips buzz faster or slower which is done mostly by changing air speed and embouchure by changing how fast your lips buzz you can play many different notes on the same fingering or in my case in the same slide position since brass instruments are well suited to playing loud exciting music I'll end with something you just might recognize that's the trombone hello I'm Sergeant 1st class Lauren Curran and I play the euphonium the euphonium might sound like a strange word but it means beautiful sound the euphonium is a low brass instrument basically a smaller version of the tuba it does indeed have a beautiful sound and can play gorgeous singing melodies as well as powerful brassy music like the other brass instruments you play by buzzing your lips into the mouthpiece when the mouthpiece is attached to the instrument that vibration goes through the euphonium and makes this sound the euphonium can play lovely lyrical music Oh the euphonium also makes a great solo instrument because we use blazing fingers to play fast virtuosic music and that's the euphonium hi I'm Steph sergeant Scott Devereaux and I play the tuba the tuba is the biggest member of the brass family and also uses the biggest mouthpiece when you put the mouthpiece and the tuba together the instrument amplifies that sound into this sound the tuba has a lot of tubing stretched out the tuba would be as long as a school bus the tubas length gives it it's low pitch making it one of the lowest voices in the entire band it establishes the foundation of sound and pitch for any ensemble it's an extremely important job that helps make the rest of the band sound great you may think that a tuba can't play fun melodies but that's just not true in the right hands the tuba can play nearly anything as a student when my band parts weren't challenging enough I would figure out fun melodies at home to play on my tuba often they were from my favorite TV shows movies or video games here's an example you might recognize and that's clearly the best instrument of the brass section the tuba I'm Staff Sergeant Andy Emmerich and this is the snare drum the snare drum is one of the primary non pitched instruments of the percussion family it's a type of membrane ofone meaning you strike a membrane or a drum head to create the sound the snare drum has two heads and a set of snares on the bottom so here's the top head the bottom and the snares running along the bottom had to create the characteristic sound although we don't play pitched notes on the snare drum like other instruments we can use rolls ornaments and dynamics to create musical phrases the bells also called the glockenspiel are an example from the pitch side of percussion family plastic or metal headed mallets are used to strike the steel bars here are two contrasting examples of what could be played on the bells that's percussion thank you for watching the United States Army Field band instrument demonstration video for other educational resources including instructional videos and reference recordings please visit Army Field band com

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Keywords: army, navy, marines, air force, soldiers, soldier, military, washington, dc, coast guard, band, flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, saxophone, tenor, bari, baritone, euphonium, tuba, trumpet, trombone, percussion, drums, bells, Orchestra, Classical, Marching Band (Musical Genre), Musical Instrument (Industry)

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Length: 21min 43sec (1303 seconds)

Published: Fri Sep 11 2015