Woodwind
Brass
Strings
Percussion
Wild Card
100
What was the first flute made of?
Bones
100
What is brass?
A shiny yellow metal
100
What is the highest sounding string instrument?
Violin
100
Name a handheld percussion instrument often found in the orchestra.
Tambourine, Triangle, Cymbals
100
What is the largest brass instrument in the world called?
Titanic Tuba, or Big Carl
200
What is the highest sounding woodwind instrument?
Piccolo
200
Which brass instrument has no buttons or valves?
Trombone
200
What is the stick used to play string instruments called?
Bow
200
What are the large kettle drums called?
Timpani
200
What instrument was found in the tomb of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh?
2 trumpets, made of silver and bronze.
300
Name a double reed instrument.
Oboe, Bassoon
300
What is this instrument called?
French Horn
300
Which 4 stringed instrument do you have to sit down in order to play?
Cello
300
What is a xylophone with wooden keys known as?
Marimba
300
What instrument family is inspired by the turtle shell lyre?
Strings
400
What very large woodwind instrument was once a 16 ft. long tube?
Contrabassoon
400
Which brass instrument plays the lowest pitches?
Tuba
400
How many strings does a harp have?
47
400
What are the two main types of percussion instruments?
Pitched and Non-pitched
400
What is the world's most expensive instrument?
A $45 Mil. Stradivarius violin, made in 1719.
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500
What is the piece of wood on the mouthpiece that most woodwind instruments use called?
Reed
500
What is the wide opening on brass instruments called?
Bell
500
What are the hair fibers on a violin bow made of?
Horse hair
500
What are the sticks used to play xylophones and other pitched percussion instruments called?
Mallets
500
What do you call the person directing an orchestra?
Conductor