Instrument Families
These instruments make a sound when you hit, shake, or scrape them.
What is a percussion instrument?
What are instruments you shake to play?
Maracas, tambourine, and jingle bells.
What is the stick used to play a violin called?
A bow
How do you make sound on a brass instrument?
Buzz your lips
What is the only woodwind instrument that does not use a reed?
Hint: You play it to the side
Flute
What are instruments you hit to play?
Drums, wood blocks, cowbells.
What is used to play a guitar?
Fingers or pick
What is the lowest and biggest brass instrument?
Tuba
How do you play a woodwind instrument?
Blow air through a mouthpiece
What instruments are played by scraping?
Sandblocks, cabasa, and grooved rhythm sticks.
What string instrument plugs in to play?
An Electric guitar
What is the smallest brass instrument?
Trumpet
These are 5 members of the woodwind family.
Hint: Played to the side, squidward plays one, one is made out of brass, the last two have unique names.
What is a flute, clarinet, saxophone, oboe, and bassoon?
This instrument makes a high, "ting" when you hit it. It is made of metal and has a special shape.
What is a triangle?
What are string instruments that are not members of the orchestra?
Hint: Think of instruments used in Country Music
guitar, bass guitar, ukulele, banjo
What is the instrument you play with a slide?
Trombone
What is the woodwind instrument that is black with silver keys, and uses a single reed to play?
Hint: Think a character from spongebob plays this..
Clarinet
What object do you hit with a buffalo drum?
Hint: They use these to hit gongs!
What is a mallet?
Which string instruments are members of the orchestra?
Hint: There are five of them, list them ALL
Violin, viola, cello, bass, and harp.
What is a valve?
This is used to change the sound on a trumpet, horn, and tuba.
This is the type of reed used to play an oboe and a bassoon.
What is a double reed?