Instrument Families
Snare drum, Timpani, Tambourine, Xylophone
What is the Percussion Family?
I'm the lowest member of the brass family.
What is the tuba?
Viola
What is a mid-range string instrument made of a wood body and metal strings?
The motion required to cause a violin to produce sound.
What is drawing the bow across the strings?
Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass, Harp
What is the String Family?
I'm the only member of the string family that doesn't use a bow to make sound.
What is the harp?
French Horn
What is a circular metal (brass) instrument?
You do this to with your mouth to cause a trombone to produce a pitch.
What is buzzing your lips in the mouthpiece?
Trumpet, Trombone, French Horn, Tuba
What is the Brass Family?
I'm the highest member of the woodwind family, and little sister to the flute.
What is the piccolo?
Clarinet
What is an instrument made of a wood body and mouthpiece, with metal finger pads?
This is the way an oboe creates its melancholy, whimsical sound.
What is blowing air through the double reed?
Flute, Piccolo, Clarinet, Oboe, Bassoon
What is the Woodwind Family?
I'm a member of the percussion family, and have long metal pipes that sound like church bells when struck.
What are the chimes (tubular bells)?
Tambourine
What is a percussion instrument made of metal cymbals, a wood or plastic frame, and a leather skin?
The mechanism that makes a piano produce notes.
What is striking a string with a hammer?
Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass
What are Voices? (Singers, Vocals, Choir also acceptable)
I wave a baton to direct the orchestra's performance, dictating the tempo, dynamics, and overall feel of the piece.
Conductor
Electric Piano
What is a keyboard instrument made of either metal and/or plastic, with a circuit board synthesizer?
What a guitarist's left and right hands do to make music.
What is plucking a string and pressing down frets?