Woodwinds
You blow air across the top of this instrument to make sound, like a glass bottle.
Flute
The highest (and smallest) brass instrument
The trumpet
The string instrument that is the smallest
Violin
How do percussion instruments make sound?
You hit, shake, or scrape them
A small instrument will make a high or low sound?
High
How do you make sound on a woodwind?
you blow into it
How do you make sound on a brass instrument?
Buzz your lips
The Largest string instrument (besides the harp)
The Double Bass
What percussion instrument do you shake to play?
Egg shakers or maracas
What does an instrument (or anything) need to make sound?
Vibration
What instrument did you play in 3rd grade?
The recorder
The largest brass instrument
Tuba
The string instrument with the most strings
The harp
Name a pitched percussion instrument
boomwhackers, bells, piano, xylophones
Do big instruments make high or low sounds?
Low
What is the small piece of wood used by clarinets and saxophones called?
A reed
The only brass instrument with no use for your fingers (You slide)
Trombone
You have to sit to play this string instrument
The cello or the Harp
Name an unpitched percussion instrument
Drums, maracas, egg shakers, triangles
The piano is considered part of which TWO instrument families?
Strings and percussion
The OLDEST instrument
The flute
What do we call the "buttons" on a brass instrument?
Valves
The slightly bigger version of the Violin
The Viola
What do we call the special sticks used for Xylophones?
Mallets
Why is the saxophone not a brass instrument? (even though it's made of metal?)
You don't buzz your lips! It uses a reed, like a clarinet