Strings
Woodwinds
Brass
Percussion
100
Name the baby of the String Instruments
What is Violin
100
This instrument is made of metal. You blow across the mouthpiece like a pop bottle!
What is the FLUTE
100
Who is the baby of the family? The smallest and highest
What is the TRUMPET
100
This DRUM is found in a marching band. It has metal "springs" on the bottom that can be tight, or loose, against the drum changing it's sound. What is it?
What is SNARE DRUM
200
Name the Mommy of the string instruments. Remember, you sit in a chair and hold it between your knees to play this one!
What is CELLO
200
This instrument uses a single reed. It has many pieces. It is typically black with holes to put your fingers over. Squidward played it in Spongebob!
What is the CLARINET
200
What instrument is the only one with a SLIDE that moves in and out to change the note
What is TROMBONE
200
This instrument is made of metal and is a shape we learned in Kindergarten
What is TRIANGLE
300
Who is the DADDY of the string instruments? Miss Cenci has to sit or stand on a stool to play it because it's so big!
What is DOUBLE BASS
300
This instrument hasn't played in the Orchestra very long, for a long time it was only in JAZZ bands. Some people think it's in the Brass family because of it's color but it's in the Woodwinds because it uses a REED.
What is the SAXOPHONE
300
This is the largest instrument in the brass family and the LOWEST
What is the TUBA
300
You hold this instrument with both hands. You crash them together to make a sound.
What is CYMBALS
400
What is the big brother of the string instruments? It looks just like the baby, but it is a little bigger and sounds a littler lower!
What is VIOLA
400
This instrument uses a double reed. It it typically skinny and black. It helps the orchestra tune in the beginning of a performance and it usually sounds a little sad.
What is the OBOE
400
This instrument was used by the king for hunting!
What is the FRENCH HORN
400
This instrument is in the percussion family AND the string family
What is PIANO
500
The harp is the Grandma of the string family. How many strings does she have?
What is 47
500
This instrument is a long pipe or "bundle of sticks". It uses a double reed and sounds GRUMPY like a grandpa
What is the BASSOON
500
How do you make a sound on a brass instrument?
What is BUZZ
500
Name two instruments that are PITCHED
What is xylophone and timpani