Instrument Families
This family includes instruments like the violin, cello, and harp.
String
Sound is produced by these.
Vibrations
These instruments make sound by vibrating strings.
Chordophones
A clarinet cannot produce sound without a...?
Reed
This is the largest instrument in the string family.
Bass
Flutes, clarinets, and oboes belong to this family.
Woodwind
The faster something vibrates, the higher this becomes.
The pitch.
Aerophones
Brass players cannot just blow into their instruments. How do they produce sound?
Buzzing their lips into a mouthpiece
Tuba
This family produces sound mainly by vibrating lips into a mouthpiece.
Brass
This term describes how loud or soft a sound is.
Drums fall into this category of instruments.
Membranophones
String instruments change pitch by shortening or lengthening what?
The length of the string
This percussion instrument is tuned and can play melodies.
Xylophone
Drums, tambourines, and xylophones are part of this family.
Percussion
!! DAILY DOUBLE !!
Sound travels in what form?
Waves
!! DAILY DOUBLE !!
These instruments produce sound by the vibration of the instrument itself, like a cymbal.
Idiophones
How does a trombone change notes?
Moving the slide
This woodwind instrument uses a double reed.
Oboe or bassoon
This instrument is in the woodwind family, even though it is made of brass.
Saxophone
The number of vibrations per second is called this.
Frequency
A piano belongs to this classification because its sound comes from struck strings.
Chordophones
Percussion instruments like drums rely on this vibrating surface to make sound.
A drumhead (membrane)
This instrument is both a percussion and string instrument.
Piano