What are the western musical instruments?

1. Flute is the main treble melody instrument in modern orchestral music and chamber music. Its shape is a long cylindrical tube with several sound holes on it. Early flutes were made of ebony or coconut wood, while modern flutes are made of metal materials, such as relatively low-grade brass, copper, ordinary nickel-silver alloy to professional silver alloy, 9K, 14K, 18K, 20K, 24K gold and platinum flutes.

2. The oboe was first formed in the middle of17th century and was widely used in18th century. Oboe is often the main theme in the band and an excellent solo instrument. In addition, it is the benchmark instrument for tuning in the symphony orchestra. The oboe has a nasal reed sound and is good at playing slow songs.

3, French horn, lip vibrating musical instrument. Also known as French horn, English French horn. Brass instrument, copper spiral tube body, funnel-shaped bell mouth, big bell mouth, sometimes detachable. There are usually four keys, one of which is used to switch fingering tonality. Although the horn belongs to a brass instrument, it can not only blow out the loud sound of brass pipes, but also blow out the soft sound of wooden pipes.

4. The tuba (or bass tuba) is a brass instrument with the lowest range in wind music and orchestra, which was invented by German Wei plessy in 1835. There are four kinds of this instrument: E-flat and B-flat, C-flat and F-flat. The tuba has a very low tone and is played as the lowest voice in the band. In order to facilitate walking and carrying, tuba is usually held on the chest with a strap.

Cello is an indispensable alto or bass stringed instrument in orchestra. It belongs to the alto instrument in the violin family. It is rich and full of timbre, cheerful, good at playing lyric melody and expressing profound and complicated feelings, and also bears the bass part of harmony with the double bass.