WOODWINDS
This instrument is played sideways.
What is the flute or the piccolo?
This brass instrument is curly and was used for the wolf in Peter and the Wolf.
What is the french horn?
You play a percussion instrument in these 3 ways.
What is hit, rub and shake?
What is the double bass?
This family is used to help us keep a beat.
What is the percussion family?
Woodwind instruments are covered with these.
What are keys?
The highest of the brass family, it is used at Remembrance Day ceremonies.
What is a trumpet?
This instrument has the same name as its shape.
What is the triangle?
String players need this tool to play long notes.
What is the bow?
Mrs. C is a weirdo, but this instrument looks like a fish.
What is a guiro (pronounced wee-ro)?
These two instruments use a double reed.
What are the oboe and the bassoon?
The shape at the end of the instrument that helps make the sound louder.
What is a bell?
These instruments are crashed together, and are too loud to play at school!
What are the cymbals?
We use this 4-string instrument in grade 5/6.
What is the ukulele?
This is the newest instrument in the orchestra, and is the biggest brass instrument.
What is the tuba?
This instrument is so parge, its double reed comes from the middle, not the top.
What is the bassoon?
This is the part of the instrument that gets pushed into the instrument, and is how you know it belongs in the brass family.
What are valves?
This instrument belongs in both the percussion family AND the string family.
What is the piano?
It has the highest voice in the family.
What is the violin?
This instrument was used at the start of Rhapsody in Blue and sounded like wailing.
What is a clarinet?
This instrument is used mostly in jazz music, not in the orchestra.
What is a saxophone?
This instrument has a slide instead of valves.
What is the trombone?
These drums are also known as kettle drums.
What are the timpani?
This string instrument uses its own clef, the alto clef!
What is the viola?
This instrument was discovered in a cave, and is over 60 000 years old.
What is the bone flute?