Wacky Woodwinds
What vibrates on clarinets and saxophones to produce the sound.
Reed
The only brass instrument that uses a slide.
Trombone
What vibrates on a string instrument to produce tone.
What are strings?
A type of shaker instrument from Latin America.
What are maracas?
Piccolo
The instrument with the largest range of the woodwinds.
Clarinet
These are pushed down on brass instruments to change notes.
Valves
This string instrument must be played sitting down.
Cello
This percussion instrument can also be considered a member of the string family.
This instrument is responsible for tuning the orchestra.
Oboe
The saxophone is, surprisingly, made of this material.
Brass
The word used to describe how a sound is produced on a brass instrument.
Buzz
This string instrument has 47 strings.
Harp
The four string instruments found in an orchestra.
Violin, viola, cello, bass
This brass instrument is played with the right hand placed inside the bell.
French Horn
Bow hair is made from this.
Horse hair
Percussion instruments fall into these two categories.
Pitched and unpitched.
The oldest instrument in the world.
Flute
The type of woodwind that includes the oboe and bassoon.
Double reed
The marching version of a tuba.
Sousaphone
This word means to play by plucking the strings.
Pizzicato
This drum can change pitch by pressing down on a pedal.
Timpani.