String Family
I play very high notes. You can pluck my strings or draw a bow across them.
What is a violin?
I play high notes. I have valves and am made of brass. You buzz into my mouthpiece.
What is a trumpet
I was once made of wood. Now I am made of silver. You blow across the tone hole.
What is a flute
I am a small drum with wires tightened across the bottom. I am played with drumsticks.
What is a snare drum
Most woodwind instruments were once made of what?
What is wood
I look like a violin, but I am a little larger and play notes a little lower.
What is a viola?
I am made of brass. My player keeps one hand in my bell to soften the sound.
What is a French horn
I am made of wood or plastic. I have a reed that vibrates & is fastened to my mouthpiece.
What is a clarinet
I am a large kettle drum played with mallets. I have a pedal & my pitch can be raised and lowered.
I am a timpani
I am made of horse hair and am they use sticky rosin on me. I help to make strings vibrate.
What is a bow
You stand up to play me. I play very low notes.
What is a double (string) bass?
I do not have valves. I am made of brass. I have a slide.
What is a trombone
I am made of wood or plastic. I have a nasal sound and a double reed.
What is an oboe
I am a large drum played with a soft beater. I play in the band and the orchestra.
What is a bass drum
I am a 6 stringed instrument and you can pick or strum me.
What is a guitar
I have a rich mellow voice. You sit down to play me.
What is a cello?
I play very low notes. I am made of brass.
What is a tuba
I am made of wood or plastic. I have a double reed. I am larger than an oboe. I play lower notes.
What is a bassoon
I have wooden bars and am a melodic percussion instrument
What is a xylophone
I have percussion, strings, brass and woodwinds
What is an orchestra
I am not always found in the orchestra, my strings are strummed.
What is a harp?
A player can change the pitch by the way they buzz and the way they change this
What is an embouchure
I am made of brass with a woodwind mouthpiece and reed. I play in concert bands and sometimes in the orchestra.
What is a sax
I have metal bars and am a melodic percussion instrument.
What is a metalophone
I am a melodic percussion instrument who has strings
What is a piano