Brass
The highest instrument in the brass family.
Trumpet
What is the thin piece of wood that you put on a woodwind instrument mouthpiece?
Reed
All strings instruments have these:
Strings
What are the three ways to play a percussion instrument?
Hit, shake, or scrape
The smaller the instrument, the ______ the pitch.
Higher
The largest and lowest brass instrument.
Tuba
These are used to change the pitch on a woodwind instrument.
Keys
The bodies of strings instruments are made out of what?
Wood
Percussion instruments can be _________ or ________.
Pitched or unpitched
What woodwind instrument is commonly mistaken for a member of the brass family?
Saxophone
The trombone uses this instead of valves to change pitch.
Slide
Which instrument in the woodwind family does not use a reed?
The flute, piccolo, or recorder
This strings instrument is larger, played sitting down, and plays medium to low notes.
Cello
Percussion instruments that can be hit can be played with a beater, a hand, sticks, or this
A Mallet
The piano can be a part of which TWO families
Strings and percussion
Brass instruments use these to change pitch.
Valves
What are the two single reed instruments in the woodwind family?
Clarinet and Saxophone
What are the four strings instruments most commonly found in an orchestra
Violin, viola, cello, and double bass
Name three instruments you can play by SHAKING
Tambourine, maraca, egg shaker, cabassa, jingle bells, rain stick
Which family of instruments has the most instruments out of any family in the orchestra?
Percussion
You do this with your lips into a brass mouthpiece in order to make sound
Buzz
What are the two double reed instruments in the woodwind family?
Oboe and Bassoon
This strings instrument is large and has 47 strings
Harp
Name five percussion instrument you can hit
Xylophone, hand drum, triangle, woodblock, rhythm sticks, snare drum, cymbals
In order to produce sound, the air in or around an instrument must do this
Vibrate