Instrument Families
A group of musical instruments that share similar ways of producing sound, making them sound alike, and often built from the same materials
What is an instrument family?
I am a percussion instrument that is a shape with 3 sides.
What is the triangle?
This type of note has one beat or sound.
What is a ta or a quarter note?
This family of instruments is played by hitting or striking the instruments.
What is percussion?
I am used to play rock and roll music. Sometimes I am electric.
What is a guitar or an electric guitar?
This type of note has two beats and is a longer note.
What is a half note or a ta-a?
This family of instruments is made of wood and all the instruments have strings. The instruments are either bowed or plucked.
What is the string family?
I am the biggest string instrument in the string family.
What is the upright bass?
This symbol has no sound and means silence.
What is a rest?
Many of the instruments in this family use a wooden reed on the mouthpiece.
What is the woodwind family?
I am a woodwind instrument that does not have a reed and you hold me to the side to play me.
What is a flute?
I am a pair of notes that has two sounds but only 1 beat/count.
What are eighth notes or titi?
Common instruments in this family include the trumpet, trombone, french horn and tuba.
What is the brass family?
I am a string instrument and also a percussion instrument at the same time.
What is the piano?
How many beats does this combination of rhythms have all together? Ta Ta Titi Ta
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