Woodwinds
Instruments in the woodwind family are made of these two materials
What are wood and metal?
Instruments in the brass family are made of this metal
What is brass?
This tool for playing string instruments is made of horsehair
What is a bow?
Percussion instruments can be made of metal, wood, or this material
What is plastic?
This is the largest woodwind instrument
What is the bassoon?
This is the smallest instrument in the woodwind family
What is the piccolo?
This is the largest instrument in the brass family
What is the tuba?
What is the violin?
Percussion instruments can be played by shaking, scraping, or doing this
What is hitting?
Guitars have this many strings
What is 6?
Woodwind players change notes by covering holes or pressing these buttons
What are keys?
Brass players do this with their lips to make a sound
What is buzz?
Orchestral strings and ukuleles have this many strings
What is 4?
These instruments are played by shaking and can be filled with rice, beans, or other small objects
What are maracas?
Brass instrument players change notes by pressing these buttons
What are valves?
This small piece of cane plant vibrates when players blow against it
What is a reed?
This part of a brass instrument is shaped like a cup
What is a mouthpiece?
In addition to using a bow, string players can play their instruments in these two ways
What are plucking and strumming?
This type of percussion instrument can play a melody
What is pitched?
The piano belongs in these two families
What are strings and percussion?
These two instruments use a double reed
What are oboe and bassoon?
This instrument uses a slide, instead of valves, to change notes
What is the trombone?
A harp has this many strings
What is 47?
This percussion instrument is named for its shape
What is a triangle?
Pitched or unpitched: hand drum
What is unpitched?