Woodwinds
This woodwind instrument is made of metal but is still part of the woodwind family.
What is the flute?
This string instrument is the smallest and plays the highest notes in the string family.
What is the violin?
You hit this round percussion instrument with a stick, and it’s often used in marching bands.
What is a snare drum?
This brass instrument has three valves and is the smallest and highest-sounding in its family.
What is the trumpet?
This is the most common keyboard instrument, and it has black and white keys.
What is a piano?
What part do you blow into this part of a clarinet to make sound?
What is a mouthpiece?
You use this special tool, made with horsehair, to play most string instruments.
What is a bow?
This percussion instrument has metal discs that crash together to make a loud sound.
What are the cymbals?
Instead of blowing across a hole, you buzz your lips into this part of a brass instrument.
What is the mouthpiece?
This keyboard instrument is electric and often used in pop and rock music.
What is a keyboard?
This wooden piece vibrates to help produce sound in many woodwind instruments like the clarinet and saxophone
What is a reed?
This large string instrument sits on the floor and plays very low notes.
What is a cello?
This keyboard percussion instrument has metal bars and is played with mallets.
What is a glockenspiel?
This brass instrument doesn’t use valves—it changes pitch by moving a slide.
What is a trombone?
This part of the piano moves up and down to hit the strings when you press a key.
What is a hammer?
This woodwind instrument is the smallest and has the highest sound.
What is a piccolo?
This instrument is the largest in the string family and is often played while standing or sitting on a tall stool.
What is a double bass?
This percussion instrument from Africa is played with your hands and has a goblet shape.
What is a djembe?
This brass instrument has a round, circular shape and plays lower than the trumpet but higher than the tuba.
What is the French Horn?
This large keyboard instrument is often found in churches and uses pipes to make sound.
What is an organ?
These two double-reed instruments are part of the woodwind family and look similar, but one is much lower in pitch than the other.
What are the oboe and the bassoon?
This string instrument is different from the others because it is often played by plucking the strings with fingers, not with a bow.
What is a harp?
This percussion instrument has wooden bars and is bigger and lower-sounding than a xylophone.
his is the largest and lowest-sounding instrument in the brass family.
What is the tuba?
This early keyboard instrument uses air and is played by pressing buttons and keys—often seen in folk music.
What is an accordian?