shape is a hollow tube with holes, does not use a reed and is the highest pitched woodwind instrument.
What is a piccolo
100
The highest pitched string instrument
What is a violin
100
The highest pitched brass instrument
What is a trumpet
100
Is the xylophone "tuned" or "Untuned"
The xylophone is tuned
100
You can hit, shake and or scrape these instruments. Their function in the orchestra is to create color and to keep rhythm.
What is the percussion section
200
A famous jazz and and classical clarinet player from Chicago.
Who is Benny Goodman
200
The lowest pitched string instrument
What is a double bass (or string bass) or (Bass)
200
the lowest pitched brass instrument
What is a tuba
200
This is a tuned percussion instrument played with mallets. It is also known as a kettle drum.
What is a timpani
200
These instrument have a general shape of long hollow tubes with holes, they all need air to sound and are mostly made of metal, plastic or wood.
What is the Wooodwind section
300
Uses a single reed and is usually made of wood or plastic, the shape is a long hollow tube with holes.
What is a clarinet
300
Famous for playing the violin in many movie soundtracks. Lost the use of his legs when he was young due to a disease called Polio.
What is Itzk Perlman
300
You play this instrument by moving a slide to find the correct pitches.
What is a trombone
300
This percussion instrument is played with drumsticks and has rattling metal pieces on the bottom and is hollow. It has drum heads on each side. It is famous for playing drum rolls!
What is a snare drum
300
Theses instrument are all made of metal and are long curvy tubes with flared bells on the end. They all have a cupped shaped mouthpiece.
What is the Brass section
400
The two double reed instruments.
What is an oboe and a bassoon
400
Has petals, and many strings and is played with two hands. You use your fingers to pluck the strings.
What is a harp
400
A descendant of the hunting horn from France, and is circular in shape.
What is a french horn
400
This percussion instrument is untuned and is a large hollow drum played with soft mallets.
What is a bass drum
400
These instrument are all made out of wood and they all have strings. They make up more than half of the orchestra
What is the string section
500
Famous for playing the flute in the lord of the rings soundtrack, and you listened to him play a very fast impressive flute solo.
Who is James Gallway
500
This person is very famous for playing the cello, Ms. Larson met him and he plays with many other famous artists.
Who is Yo Yo Ma
500
The famous trumpet player we learned about who is still alive and who made history when he became the first musician to win Grammy Awards for both jazz and classical recordings.
Who is Wynton Marsalis
500
This percussion instrument is found on drum sets and in the orchestra. You can crash two of them together or play them with sticks, brushes or mallets.
What is a cymbal
500
This is an ensemble that is made up of all of the 4 instrument families and the largest section of instruments is the strings.