String Family
This is the highest and smallest instrument in the string family.
What is the violin?
This woodwind instrument is not made of wood and does not have a reed.
What is the flute?
This is the highest and smallest instrument in the brass family.
What is the trumpet?
These are different ways that a percussion instrument can be played.
What are striking, shaking, scraping and hitting?
This is the leader of the orchestra.
Who is the conductor?
This instrument is held on the shoulder like the violin, but is larger and has a lower sound.
What is the viola?
This is the lowest instrument in the woodwind family.
What is the bassoon?
This is the way to make sound on brass instruments.
What is buzzing your lips into the mouthpiece?
This is where the percussion family sits in the orchestra.
What is the back of the stage?
This instrument could be considered as part of the string or percussion family, but is usually considered percussion.
What is the piano?
This instrument usually does not play in a string quartet.
What is the double bass?
This thin piece of wood is attached to the mouthpiece of all woodwind instruments except the flute.
What is a reed?
To change the pitch on a trombone, you must use this instead of valves.
What is the slide?
This is one of the few types of drums that can be tuned to a certain pitch.
What are the timpani or kettle drums?
This is the largest instrument family in the orchestra.
What are the strings?
These are two ways to play a string instrument.
What are plucking and bowing?
This is a woodwind instrument that usually does not play in the orchestra.
What is the saxophone?
The sousaphone is the version of this instrument that is used in a marching band.
These are a tuned percussion instrument that can play melodies with different notes.
What are the xylophones, marimba or vibraphone?
This is a tool that the conductor uses to communicate.
What is the baton?
This string instrument has is said to have the closest range to the human voice.
What is the cello?
This special type of reed can be found on the oboe and bassoon.
What is a double reed?
To play this brass instrument, you need to put your hand in the bell.
What is the French horn?
This type of drum has metal wires underneath that rattle when the drum is played.
What is the snare drum?
This is one of the best orchestras in the world.
What is the Cleveland Orchestra?