The Woodwind Family
This is the one woodwind instrument that does not have a reed
What is the flute.
The _______________ is the largest brass instrument, and one of the lowest-sounding instruments in the orchestra.
What is the tuba.
This is the smallest and highest pitched string instrument.
What is the violin.
This instrument has wooden bars and is hit with mallets.
What is the xylophone.
Instruments in this family are played by plucking or bowing strings to make sound.
What is the string family.
This is the highest pitched instrument in the woodwind family and is also played to the side.
What is the flute or piccolo.
This is the smallest instrument with the highest pitch in the brass family.
What is the trumpet.
This is the number of strings that the violin, viola, cello, and bass have.
What is four.
This instrument is hit with sticks and can be used in bands, orchestras, or with the military.
What is the snare drum.
Instruments in this family are played by buzzing on a mouthpiece and pressing valves.
What is the brass family.
Which woodwind instrument is made out of brass, but uses a reed?
What is the saxophone.
This brass instrument is the only one that does not use valves to change notes; it uses a slide.
What is the trombone.
This string instrument does not look like the others and does not use a bow.
What is the harp.
These two plates of metal can be crashed together to create lots of impact in the music.
What are the cymbals.
Some instruments in this family use a wooden reed and they all use air.
What is the woodwind family.
These two woodwind instruments use double reeds.
What are the oboe and bassoon.
In order to create sound on a brass instrument, a musician must buzz this body part.
What is the lips.
This is the most famous string instrument maker of all time. He died about 280 years ago.
Who is Antonio Stradivari.
These large drums are pitched - pedals on the bottom allow the performer to change the notes; there are also multiples of this instrument in an orchestra.
What are the timpani.
Instruments in this family can be played by shaking, scraping, or hitting the instrument.
What is the percussion family.
These are the five instruments in the woodwind family.
These are the four instruments in the brass family.
What are the trumpet, french horn, trombone, and tuba.
These are the five instruments in the string family.
What are the violin, viola, cello, bass, and harp.
What is the difference between pitched and non-pitched instruments?
Pitched instruments can play both high and low notes and non-pitched instrument can only play one note.
These are the four instrument families in the orchestra