Strings
What is the Bass/Double Bass
This is the name of one of the double reed instruments
What is oboe or bassoon
What is the Tuba
This instrument is a member of the pitched percussion group, it has wooden bars that the player hits with a mallet
What is the xylophone
The bass drum is sometimes called the ____ ____ of the band
what is heart beat
This instrument is like a violin but slightly bigger and with a lower voice
What is viola
This instrument has the lowest voice in the woodwind family
What is the bassoon
This brass instrument has the highest voice
What is the trumpet
Name the two types of percussion instruments
pitched and unpitched
The clarinet has a ____ _____ timber
What is medium high
The screw at the end of the players bow _____ and _____ the strings to protect them
What is loosens and tightens
This instrument is the little sibling of the flute that is smaller and has the highest voice of the woodwind instruments
What is the piccolo
This is the part of the instrument that the player buzzes their lips against to make sound
This instrument is made of brass and can be played a lot of different ways, they sometimes make a crashing or ringing sound
What are the cymbals
The bow for stringed instruments is made out of ____ _____
What is horse hair
The cello is not tucked under the players chin but it is played straight _____ and _____ and held between the players legs for balance
What is straight up and down
What is the flute
what is the slide
This instrument has a sharp or staccato sound
What is the snare drum
There are two groups in the woodwind family. Name these two groups.
What are single and double reeds
This is the name for playing a stringed instrument by plucking it
What is pizzicato
These instruments aren't typically in the orchestra, but are often in concert band or jazz bands
The french horn is held is a special way. The left hand is on the ___ and the right hand is inside the ____
What are the valves and bell
This is the only type of drum that can play simple melodies, the percussionist can play 2-6 of these at once
What is the timpani
____ vibrates when the player blows air into a woodwind instrument and it makes the sound we hear