String Family
Brass Family
Woodwind Family
Percussion Family
Miscellaneous
100

This is the smallest member of the string family.

The violin

100

This is the smallest of the brass family.

The trumpet

100

This instrument is usually long and silver and needs no reed.

The flute

100

Percussionists need to remember to bring these each week to play the snare drum.

Drumsticks

100

This is the person who stands in front of the orchestra and directs the musicians.

The conductor

200

The instrument that is just 2 inches larger than the violin.

The viola

200

This brass instrument is the only with a slide and it does not have any valves.

The trombone

200

This instrument looks like it belongs in the brass family but belongs in the woodwind family.

The saxophone

200

This percussion instrument is made of metal and is a geometric shape.

The triangle

200

This is held by the conductor and is used to help conduct the orchestra.

A baton

300

You will need to stand up to play this string instrument or sit on a very high stool.

The double bass

300

This brass instrument is the largest and lowest of the family.

The tuba

300
These 2 woodwind instruments are both long and black but one uses a single reed and the other one uses a double reed.
What are the clarinet and the oboe?
300

The nickname for this percussion instrument is kettle drum.

The timpani

300

Although this instrument family has the fewest musicians playing, it has the greatest variety of instruments to play.

Percussion
400

You will need to sit in a chair to play this instrument.

The cello

400

This brass instrument is in the key of F.

The French Horn

400
Not only is this instrument the highest in the woodwind family, it is the highest in the entire orchestra.
What is the piccolo?
400

The 2 categories of percussion instruments.

Pitched and unpitched

400

How many different instrument types have been learnt in the Allegro program this year (with percussion included as one instrument)

13: Flute, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, French Horn, Trumpet, Trombone, Euphonium, Tuba, Percussion, Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass

500

This instrument has 47 strings and 7 pedals.

The harp

500

The only brass instrument to also read in the tenor clef.

The trombone

500
Not only is this instrument the lowest in the woodwind family, it is the lowest instrument in the entire orchestra.
What is the contrabassoon?
500

This instrument is thought by many to be in the string family but is actually in the percussion family.

The piano

500

What is the first instrument Mr Tigani learnt as a child?

The accordian