Brass
This instrument is the smallest and highest pitched instrument in the brass family.
The Trumpet!
Name one SINGLE reed woodwind instrument:
Clarinet OR Saxophone!
All strings instruments have THIS in common:
They all have strings!
What do we call percussion using our bodies to make sound? (clapping, snapping, tapping, stomping, patting...)
Body Percussion!
This instrument is what we call the violin when it's playedin Irish music or other folk music.
The Fiddle!
This brass instrument is the only one to use a slide to change pitches.
The Trombone!
This instrument looks like it could belong to the brass family, but it is most certainly a woodwind instrument because of the REED.
The Saxophone!
What are the three ways a strings instrument can be played?
Strummed, plucked, or bowed!
What are the three ways to play a percussion instrument?
Hit, shake, or scrape!
This instrument is native to Australia and made from a long, hollow bamboo tube.
The Didgeridoo!
All brass instruments are made of this material.
Brass!
This woodwind instrument used to be made out of wood a long time ago, but is made from metal today. It is also the highest woodwind instrument.
The Flute!
This instrument is the smallest and highest in the strings family.
The violin!
This percussion instrument is named after its shape.
The triangle!
The sitar, bansuri, sarangi, and ghatam all come from the country.
India!
This instrument is the lowest voice in the brass family.
The Tuba!
This is the special piece of wood that is used on a woodwind instrument mouthpiece.
A Reed!
This instrument can belong to both the percussion family AND the strings family.
The piano!
What are the two categories of percussion instruments? (Hint: you can play a melody with one)
Pitched and unpitched!
This strings instrument was brought from Portugal to Hawaii and is Hawaiian for "jumping flea."
The Ukulele!
This brass instrument was named after the composer John Phillip Sousa.
The Sousaphone!
Name one woodwind instrument that uses a DOUBLE reed:
Oboe OR Bassoon!
This instrument is the longest and lowest of the strings instruments.
The bass!
Snare, bass, djembe, tom tom, and bongo are just a few types of this percussion instrument.
Drums!
The agogo bells, djembe, axatse, and mbira all come from this continent.
Africa!