chorodphones (string instruments)

special effects legato:smoothly,connected staccato:notes short, detached vibrato: rapid wrist and finger movement, slightly alters pitch glissando: left hand slides along the string tremolo: rapid repitition of a tone trill: rapid alternation of two adjacent on tones double stops: playing two strings at once, creates harmony mute: attachment over the bridge, muffles the sound harmonics:lightly touching the string, high pitch tones

harp

one of the oldest instruments pitches changed by pedals

arpeggios

chords in broken form

guitar

dates back to Middle ages

acoustic

-wood fretted fingerboard, nylon strings

woodwind instruments

-not always made of wood

embouchure

-oral mechanism of lips, lower facial muscles, and jaw

piano

-string struck with hammers

organ

-wind instrument -airflow to pipes controlled by keyboards and a pedal board

harpsichord

quills pluck metal strings