Instrument Families
These instruments make sound by plucking or bowing the strings
string instruments
How do you make sounds in a brass instrument
buzz your lips
percussion instruments that can play different notes
pitched percussion
How string players make sound on their instruments
pluck or bow the strings
True or false: all woodwinds are made of wood
FALSE - saxophone and flute are metal
These instruments are played by shaking, hitting, or scraping them
Percussion instruments
Lowest and biggest brass instrument
Tuba
Percussion instrument played by pressing keys which makes hammers hit strings inside the instrument
piano
Highest string instrument
violin
Some woodwinds attach this small wooden part to their mouthpiece to create vibrations
reed
These instruments are played by buzzing lips into a mouthpiece
brass
Smallest and highest brass instrument
trumpet
An instrument with wood, plastic, or metal bars, played by hitting them with mallets
xylophone / marimba
The stick with horsehair used to play the strings is called
bow
Oboes and bassoons attach this kind of wooden part to their mouthpiece to create vibrations
double reed
these instruments are mostly made of wood, some are played with reeds
woodwinds
Where the sound comes out of a brass instrument
bell
A group of drums and cymbals played by one person
drumset
These 2 string instruments are played by holding them under your chin
violin and viola
The only woodwind instrument that does not use a reed
flute
The two groups of percussion instruments
pitched and unpitched percussion
Player press these to change notes on a brass instrument
valves
3-5 Large pitched drums played by one person in an orchestra
timpani
The 5 string instruments in the orchestra
violin, viola, cello, double bass, harp
Woodwinds press or cover these with their fingers to change note
keys / keyholes