Instrument & Voice 8-Pack (GNS-42)

A wonderful pack of EIGHT large and colourful musical instrument/voice wall posters (841mm x 594mm) - Ideal for the classroom! This collection includes posters featuring the instruments from each of the different sections of an orchestra:

• Brass instruments

Crisp detailed images of the four standard orchestral brass instruments accompanied by key facts and standard ranges. Also features information on some common extended techniques and defines and notates the harmonic series.

• Woodwind instruments

A brief description of the five orchestral woodwind families (flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, and saxophones) along with helpful diagrams colour coding their respective ranges according to the quality of tone. Also features an example of Bb transposition.

• Percussion instruments

Defines the six categories of percussion – pitched and non-pitched membraphones, pitched and non-pitched idiophones, aerophones and chordaphones – with examples and pictures of all the instruments you are likely to encounter in Western classical music.

• Stringed instruments

Displays basic information and ranges for violin, viola, ‘cello, and double bass, with extra sections on the orchestral harp and a glossary of standard Italian terms associated with the playing of stringed instruments.

• Guitars

An annotated anatomy of the electric guitar along with pictures of the various acoustic members of the guitar family. Includes a pitch map of the entire guitar neck and a particularly useful explanation of the relationship between traditional notation and tablature.

• The voice

Facts about the different types of singing voice including a stave showing standard ranges. Includes bitesize definitions of 12 key words associated with the composition and performance of both classical and popular vocal music styles.

• Keyboard instruments

Detailed descriptions of a large number of keyboard instruments categorised by method of sound production, each accompanied by example images. Includes information on clavichords, harpsichords, organs, pianos and celestas as well as some alternative keyboards and synthesisers.

• Drums and world percussion

Labelled images of percussion instruments from four key countries - salsa from Cuba, samba from Brazil, djembes from West Africa, and tablas from India - accompanied by a map location. Also featured are segments on drum notation basics and examples of the most common drumming rudiments.