Strings
How do strings make their sound?
When they vibrate through strumming, plucking, or bowing the strings.
By blowing into a hollow tube
How do brass instruments make their sound?
By buzzing into a mouthpiece
How do percussion instruments make their sound?
By striking, shaking, or scraping
What instrument family is in an orchestra?
Strings
How do electric string instruments amplify their sound?
Through an amp
What 2 instruments are single reeds?
Saxophone and Clarinet
What changes the pitch on a trombone?
The slide
What are the two categories of percussion instruments?
Pitched and unpitched
What instrument families are in a band?
Woodwind, brass, and percussion
How do accoustic string instruments amplify their sound?
Through a sound hole
What 2 instruments are double reeds?
Oboe and basson
What are the buttons on brass instruments called?
Valves
Why is piano a percussion instrument?
What instrument families are in a Symphony Orchestra?
Strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion (plus no saxophone!)
Name 3 instruments with 6 or more strings
Guitar, harp, piano, lyre
Name 3 types of flutes (woodwinds that blow over or into a hole)
Flute, piccolo, recorder
Which brass instrument makes the highest sound?
Trumpet
What type of drum is a pitched percussion instrument
Timpani
Who stands in front of an ensemble and what do they do?
The conductor, they lead the ensemble and help everyone stay together.
Name the 4 orchestral string instruments
Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass
Name 4 woodwinds
Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone, Oboe, Bassoon, Recorder
Name 4 brass instruments
Trumpet, Trombone, French Horn, Tuba
Name 2 pitched percussion instruments and 2 unpitched percussion instruments
ex.
Pitched: Xylophone, Piano
Unpitched: Drum, Tambourine
What do you call a group of 5 musicians playing together?
A Quintet