String Family
Smallest stringed instrument
violin
Made of silver gold or nickel, this instrument makes a lovely bird like sound
the flute
The highest sounding brass instrument in the orchestra
trumpet
How do you make the sounds for the percussion family?
Tap (hit), shake or scrape
How many strings are on the violin, viola, cello and double bass?
four
lowest stringed instrument
double bass
A warm sound - this instrument is played with a single reed
clarinet
I am a brass instrument with a slide to make the sounds
trombone
What is body percussion?
making sound using our body by clapping, snapping, patsching or stamping, for example.
What percussion instrument can be tuned (by a foot pedal) to have higher or lower pitches?
timpani
played between the knees
cello
The lowest woodwind instrument
the bassoon
My tubes are coiled around and around and around in a circle
French horn
The piano is part of this family of instruments. True or False
True
Which family of instruments has a mouthpiece that makes sound by buzzing your lips?
brass family
Made of horse hair and wood
the bow
This instrument uses a double reed and sounds much like a duck sounds
oboe
I am the lowest instrument in this shiny family
tuba
Name an instrument in this family that is pitched
marimba, xylophone, timpani are examples
Which two woodwind instruments are NOT made of wood?
flute and saxophone
The second highest stringed instrument
viola
With the oboe and the bassoon it is doubled, but with the clarinet it is single.
the reed
When you push on a valve on a brass instrument, what happens?
The valve opens up tubing to make a different pitch
What are the two types of percussion instruments?
pitched and unpitched
I am on my own. I usually wear black. I hold a baton and help the orchestra know when to start and stop the music. I also help them keep the beat and play expressively. Who am I?
the conductor