History
The earliest flutes were made from this material
What are bird bones?
The two main types of woodwinds
What are flute and reed instruments?
This brass instrument plays the lowest notes in the orchestra
What is the Tuba?
This woodwind instrument is often made of wood or plastic and has a single reed. It’s common in school bands.
What is the Clarinet?
Marching bands play at these events
What are parades/sporting events/competitions?
This brass instrument, used in battle calls, dates back to ancient times and is still used in orchestras today.
What is a Trumpet?
The two types of reed instruments
What are single and double reed?
What is a Mute?
This shiny brass instrument has a slide instead of valves to change pitch.
What is the Trombone?
This instrument uses your nose to play
What is the nose flute?
For hundreds of years, reeds used in woodwind instruments like the clarinet and oboe have been made from this tall, grass-like plant that grows near water.
What is cane?
This instrument often plays the highest notes in the orchestra
What is the piccolo?
The brass family is divided into these two types.
What are the valved family and slide family?
This brass instrument has a wide bell and plays low notes, but is not the lowest instrument either.
What is the baritone?
The oboe's special role in the orchestra
What is Tuning the Orchestra?
The earliest trumpets were made from these materials.
What are animal horns?
This instrument is the bridge between woodwinds and brass
What is the saxophone?
The brass instruments have two different types of bores.
What are conical and cylindrical?
This instrument is played by blowing into the mouthpiece from the side.
What is the Flute?
This brass instrument originally was played using the left hand
What is the French Horn?
Many of today's woodwind instruments were invented here between 1600s and 1900s.
Where is Europe?
This instrument is the largest woodwind in the orchestra
What is the Bassoon?
This instrument was invented for marching bands
What is the Sousaphone?
This brass instrument was used in military bands during the Civil War.
What is the Cornet?
Who is Carl Orff?