Woodwinds
These are the single reed instruments of the woodwind family.
What is saxophone and clarinet?
This is the second highest pitched string instrument.
What is a viola?
Your lips must do this in order to play a brass instrument correctly.
What is buzzing or vibrating?
What are the three ways a percussion instrument can be played?
What is Strike, Shake or Rub?
Which Beethoven symphony begins with these four notes?
What is the 5th Symphony?
These are the two instruments of the woodwinds that create sound without a reed.
What are the flute and piccolo?
The highest pitched instrument, this string instrument is the most important in the orchestra.
What is a violin?
This is the highest pitched instrument in the brass family.
What is the trumpet?
These large copper colored drums are the main percussion instrument in an orchestra.
What is timpani or kettle drums?
What section of the orchestra does the piano belong in?
What is percussion?
This is the lowest of the double reed instruments. It plays the Grandfather part in Peter and the Wolf.
What is a bassoon?
This stick is strung with horsehair and is the main way to play many string instruments.
What is a bow?
This instrument is shaped in a large curl.
What is French horn?
Many percussion instruments originated on what continent?
What is Africa?
What is the largest family of instruments in an orchestra?
What is the string family?
This double reed instrument that sounds the "A" to tune the orchestra.
What is an oboe?
This instrument is six feet tall! It plays some of the lowest sounds in the orchestra.
What is a string bass?
John Phillips Sousa invented this instrument to be a marching tuba.
What is a sousaphone?
Most drums are played with either drumsticks, or this word that begins with an M.
What is a mallet?
Two violins, one viola and one cello make up what kind of small ensemble?
What is a string quartet?
This instrument is common in a marching band, but not in an orchestra.
What is a saxophone?
This stringed instrument has seven pedals.
What is a harp?
This brass instrument uses a slide instead of valves.
What is a trombone?
This percussion instrument has wooden bars of varying lengths.
What is a xylophone?
What instrument in a woodwind quintet is actually a member of the brass family?
What is the French horn?