The Brass Family
The highest instrument in the brass family.
What is the trumpet?
These instruments belong to the woodwind family.
What are the flute, clarinet, saxophone, oboe, and bassoon?
The number of strings the violin has.
What is four?
To produce sound on a percussion instrument, we strike, shake or .
What is scrape?
The smaller the instrument, the _____ the pitch.
What is higher?
The largest brass instrument.
What is the tuba?
To lower the pitch on an instrument, you do this.
The violin, cello, bass, and this instrument are the most popular string instruments.
What is the viola?
The 2 categories of percussion instruments are _____ or _____.
What is pitched or non-pitched?
The bigger the instrument, the _____ the pitch.
This instrument uses a slide instead of valves to change notes.
What is the trombone?
This instrument does not require a reed.
What is the flute?
This instrument has many strings, approximately 40 to 47 depending on the size.
What is the harp?
Why is the piano in the percussion family if it has strings?
What is because hammers hit the strings to produce the sound.
Which string instrument is unlike other string instruments commonly found in the orchestra?
What is the Harp?
Brass instruments are made from very long this.
What is a tubes?
The higher version of the flute.
What is the piccolo?
The soft part of the bow is made from this.
What is horsehair?
Cymbals are a form of this specific type of percussion.
What is non-pitched?
The Triangle is an example of ______ percussion.
What is non-pitched?
In order to produce sound you must ______ into a funnel-shaped mouthpiece.
What is buzz your lips?
The oboe and bassoon are called this.
What are double reed instruments?
Name three string instruments that are not normally found in the orchestra.
What are the guitar, banjo and ukulele?
These percussion instruments, unlike unpitched ones, are capable of playing a distinct melody or tune.
What is pitched percussion?
In order to produce sound, the air inside an instrument must do this.
What is vibrate?