Strings
Woodwinds
Brass
Percussion
Name the Family
100
The smallest and highest-sounding string instrument in the orchestra.
What is the violin?
100
This instrument is played by blowing across the mouthpiece, like you would blow across the top of a bottle.
What is the flute?
100
This instrument plays the lowest notes in the brass family.
What is the tuba?
100
This percussion instrument is made from a single, hollow block of wood.
What is the woodblock?
100
The Bassoon.
What is the Woodwind Family?
200
This largest and lowest-sounding string instrument in the orchestra.
What is the double bass?
200
This woodwind instrument is the largest, deepest-sounding woodwind in the orchestra.
What is the bassoon?
200
This brass instrument is the smallest and easiest to carry around.
What is the trumpet?
200
This instrument is round like a drum, but has jingles around the outside edge.
What is the tambourine?
200
The French Horn.
What is the Brass Family?
300
This instrument is the violin's slightly-larger cousin. It is held and played just like a violin, but it sounds a little lower.
What is the viola?
300
Name this double reed instrument.
What is the oboe?
300
This instrument is held with the player's hand in the bell.
What is the french horn?
300
This percussion instrument is named for its shape!
What is the triangle?
300
The Timpani.
What is the Percussion Family?
400
This instrument has more strings than the violin, viola, cello and bass...combined!
What is the harp?
400
Name this single reed instrument.
What is the clarinet?
400
This brass instrument is the only one to use a slide to change pitches.
What is the trombone?
400
This instrument in made of many narrow bars of wood that each play a different pitch when they are struck.
What is the xylophone?
400
The Harp.
What is the String Family?
500
Pizzicato is an Italian word that means this.
What is to pluck the strings?
500
The smallest, highest-sounding woodwind instrument in the orchestra.
What is the piccolo?
500
This instrument is so large and heavy that you must sit down in order to play it.
What is a tuba?
500
Most orchestras have 3 or 4 of these huge, kettle-shaped drums. They can be tuned to match the notes that the other instruments are playing.
What is the timpani?
500
The Piano.
What is the String Family or the Percussion Family?