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Strings
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Brass
Miscellaneous
100
I am sometimes called a fiddle and I am the smallest member of the string family.
What is the violin?
100
I played the part of the duck in Peter and the Wolf!
What is the oboe?
100
I have 88 black and white keys.
What is a piano?
100
I play the LOWEST pitches in the brass family.
What is the tuba?
100
This family of instruments sits front and center in the orchestra.
What is the string family?
200
The Concert Grand version stands over 6 feet tall, weigh s85-90 pounds and has 47 strings.
What is a harp?
200
I am different than all the other woodwinds in the orchestra, in that I don't have reeds. I am traditionally made of a silver alloy, although some players prefer to have theirs made of platinum, gold, or even wood.
What is a flute?
200
My name is also a shape.
What is a triangle?
200
This is the smallest member of the brass family, and produces a bright sound.
What is a trumpet?
200
This is a group of musicians playing different musical instruments under the direction of a conductor. It can be large or small, depending on the pieces that are performed.
What is an orchestra?
300
This is one of the bigger instruments in the string family. It plays notes that are lower than the viola, though not as low as the string bass. The strings are more than twice as long as the strings on the viola, producing rich, and warm lower notes. The symphony orchestra will usually include 8-12 of this instrument.
What is a cello?
300
I am the only single-reed instrument in the symphony orchestra.
What is a clarinet?
300
I am also referred to as a "skin" instrument because animal skins are used to form my head.
What is a drum.
300
The very first of these were made from animal horns. By cutting off the tip of the horn and buzzing their lips, players could sound notes to give directions to hunters.
What is the French Horn?
300
This is a woodwind instrument that 4th graders learn how to play.
What is a recorder?
400
This instrument is a common sight concerts promoting Blues, Country, Rock and Mariachi performances across the globe. This traditional solo classical instrument has ancient roots, dating as far back as 4000 years ago! It can be played acoustically, or with the support of an amplifier.
What is a guitar?
400
I am the lowest sounding member of the woodwind family.
What is a bassoon?
400
These are tuned percussion instruments, sometimes called Kettle Drums.
What is timpani?
400
These were originally called sackbuts. The word sackbut may possibly come from the French word 'sacquer', which means 'to draw out'. I am the only brass instrument with a slide.
What is a trombone?
400
This is a unique instrument, and one of the most recently invented! It is a skillfully hammered 55-gallon oil barrel which has been carefully tuned by hand to produce perfect musical tones.
What is a steel drum?
500
This is slightly bigger than the violin and plays notes that are lower in pitch. The tone is darker and less brilliant than the violin.
What is a viola?
500
This wind instrument has a reed and the body is made of brass, and so it forms a bridge between the woodwind and brass sections of the orchestra.
What is a saxophone?
500
To make a sound on this instrument, the player must strike a bar with a mallet. When the performer strikes a bar with a hard mallet, it produces a bright and sharp sound. When the performer strikes a bar with a soft mallet a more muted sound is produced.
What is a xylophone?
500
This is a brass wind musical instrument, created in France about 1830 by adding valves to the post horn. It is usually in B flat and is the same size as the B flat trumpet, but has a more conical bore. It has a less brilliant tone but greater agility than the trumpet
What is a cornet?
500
The piano was first referred to under this name which means soft loud instrument. Because, unlike the harpsichord, it allowed the player to control the degree of loudness and softness of a note by the way he/she would strike a key.
What is a pianoforte?