Instrument Families
This family produces sound by plucking, bowing, or strumming.
What is the string family?
Brass instruments make sound when the player does this.
What is buzzing their lips?
This instrument is the smallest and highest-pitched orchestral string instrument.
What is the violin?
This element describes how fast or slow the beat is.
What is tempo?
This genre originated in Jamaica.
What is Reggae?
This family includes instruments like the flute, oboe, and bassoon.
What is the woodwind family?
Woodwind instruments produce sound by doing this.
What is blowing air across a sharp edge or reed?
This woodwind instrument uses a double reed.
What is the oboe or bassoon?
This element describes how loud or soft the music is.
What is dynamics?
This genre features electric guitars, strong backbeats, and rebellious themes.
What is Rock?
This family is known as labrophones.
What is the brass family?
String instruments can be played in these three ways.
What are plucking, bowing, and strumming?
This percussion instrument has metal bars and is played with mallets.
What is the xylophone?
This element is the main tune you can hum or sing.
What is melody?
This genre is known for improvisation, syncopation, and call-and-response.
What is Jazz?
This family produces sound by striking, shaking, or scraping.
What is the percussion family?
Percussion instruments make sound in these three ways.
What are striking, shaking, and scraping?
This brass instrument is known for its circular shape and mellow tone.
What is the French horn?
This element refers to multiple notes played at the same time.
What is harmony?
This genre uses instruments like piano, violin, and orchestra.
What is Classical?
This family is the oldest of all instrument families.
What is percussion?
This brass instrument changes pitch using a slide, not valves.
What is the trombone?
This instrument is technically percussion, even though it has keys.
What is the piano?
This element describes the tone color or unique sound of an instrument.
What is timbre?
This genre began in rural America and focuses on storytelling.
What is Country?