Strings
This is the largest of the string instruments.
Double bass
Stand up bass
Contrabass
Brass is a type of...
metal.
What is a composer?
The one who writes/creates the music.
How do percussion instruments produce their sound?
Being hit, struck, shaken, scraped.
Squidward plays this instrument.
The clarinet
This instrument is larger than the violin but smaller than the cello.
Viola
This instrument has a sliding part.
Trombone.
What do you call the person with the magic wand?
The conductor
Ms Martin often refers to this drum as the 'big daddy drum', and others sometimes call it a 'kettle drum'...
Timpani
This is the deepest of the woodwind instruments.
Bassoon
This string instrument is played sitting down but NOT held under the chin.
Cello
This instrument sounds the lowest of the brass instruments.
Tuba.
The piano is technically part of the ____________ family, but wants to fit into the ___________ family.
Percussion... strings.
This instrument is like the xylophone, but is instead made of metal.
Glockenspiel
This woodwind instrument is silver in colour and doesn't quite fit in with the rest of the family.
Flute
This is the tool (made of horse hair) used to slide across the strings.
Bow
This instrument is "foreign".
French horn.
Who wrote "The Composer is Dead" and who dunnit?
Lemony Snicket
The conductor, with the help of the full orchestra.
This instrument stands rather tall, has multiple metal tubes, and reminds us of a decoration often found on patios and balconies.
Chimes
What is the name of the wooden part attached to the mouthpiece?
A reed
What is the Concertmaster?
The best violin player in the orchestra, who plays featured solos.
All brass instruments are shaped like a ________ at the end, and shaped like a ________ at the mouthpiece.
end = horn
mouthpiece = cup
How can you describe the layout of the orchestra on stage?
-semi-circle / half circle
-all facing the conductor
-grouped by families
-rounded, with smallest instruments in front, larger in back
This instrument has metal coils along the bottom to produce a rattling sound.
Snare drum
This woodwind is smaller and higher pitched than a flute.