Strings
Woodwinds
Brass
Percussion
Other
100
This part is made of nylon, steel or sometimes gut.
What is string?
100
These are metal caps that cover the holes of the instrument.
What are keys?
100
This instrument uses a slide instead of valves to change its pitch.
What is the trombone?
100
This is the primary purpose of percussion instruments.
What is keeping rhythm?
100
The smaller, the ________; the bigger, the ________.
What is higher and lower?
200
This item has a handle made of wood and strings of horsehair.
What is a bow?
200
This is a thin piece of wood used to make sound.
What is a reed?
200
This is the oldest of the brass instruments.
What is the trumpet?
200
This instrument is also known as the tamtam.
What is the gong?
200
This family of instruments are basically narrow pipes with holes, with a mouthpiece at the top and an opening at the bottom. (Hint: made of wood)
What is the woodwind family?
300
This instrument is the smallest and highest of the strings.
What is a violin?
300
This is two thin pieces of wood tied together which is used to make sound.
What is a double reed?
300
This circular instrument needs two hands to be played.
What is a french horn?
300
This copper instrument is also known as the kettledrum.
What is the timpani?
300
This family of instruments are long pipes, twisted into shapes to make them easier to play.
What is the brass family?
400
This string instrument sounds the most like the human voice.
What is a cello?
400
This is the oldest pitched instrument.
What is the flute?
400
This is the largest and lowest instrument in the brass family.
What is the tuba?
400
The xylophone, marimba, and glockenspiel belong to this subset of instruments.
What is the Orff family?
400
This instrument is both a percussion and string instrument.
What is a piano?
500
This 7 pedaled instrument has 47 strings that are plucked
What is a harp?
500
This double reed instrument plays the lowest notes in the entire orchestra.
What is the contrabassoon?
500
Most brass instruments use these in order to change their pitch.
What are valves?
500
This instrument sounds like church bells.
What are the chimes?
500
This is the largest family in the orchestra.
What is the percussion family?
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