Instrument Families
Percussion
Strings
Brass
Woodwind
100
These instruments make a sound when you hit, shake, or scrape them.
What is a percussion instrument?
100
Maracas, tambourine, and jingle bells.
What are instruments you shake to play?
100
A bow
What is the stick used to play a violin called?
100
Buzz your lips
How do you make sound on a brass instrument?
100
flute
What is the only woodwind instrument that does not use a reed?
200
These instruments make a sound when you pluck or bow the strings.
What is a string instrument?
200
Drums, wood blocks, cowbells.
What are instruments you hit to play?
200
Fingers or pick
What is used to play a guitar?
200
Tuba
What is the lowest and biggest brass instrument?
200
Blow air through
How do you play a woodwind instrument?
300
These instruments make a sound when you buzz your lips.
What is a brass instrument?
300
Sandblocks, cabasa, and grooved rhythm sticks.
What instruments are played by scraping?
300
An electric guitar
What string instrument plugs in to play?
300
Trumpet
What is the smallest brass instrument?
300
These are 5 members of the woodwind family.
What is a flute, clarinet, saxophone, oboe, and bassoon?
400
These instruments are mostly made of wood, and make a sound when you blow air into them.
What is a woodwind instrument?
400
This instrument makes a high, "ting" when you hit it. It is made of metal and has a special shape.
What is a triangle?
400
guitar, bass guitar, ukulele, banjo
What are string instruments that are not members of the orchestra?
400
Trombone
What is the instrument you play with a slide?
400
A clarinet
What is the woodwind instrument that is black with silver keys, and uses a single reed to play?
500
This instrument is in 2 families: percussion and string.
What instrument families are the piano in?
500
This drum is black and makes a big sound when you use the mallet to hit it.
What is the buffalo drum?
500
Violin, viola, cello, bass, and harp.
Which string instruments are members of the orchestra?
500
This is used to change the sound on a trumpet, horn, and tuba.
What is a valve?
500
This is the type of reed used to play an oboe and a bassoon.
What is a double reed?
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