Strings
Woodwinds
Brass
Percussion
Name the Family
100

The smallest and highest-sounding string instrument in the orchestra.

What is the violin?

100

This instrument is played by blowing across the mouthpiece, like you would blow across the top of a bottle.

What is the flute?

100

This instrument plays the lowest notes in the brass family.

What is the tuba?

100

This percussion instrument is made from a single, hollow block of wood.

What is the woodblock?

100

The Bassoon.

What is the Woodwind Family?

200

This largest and lowest-sounding string instrument in the orchestra.

What is the double bass?

200

This woodwind instrument is the largest, deepest-sounding woodwind in the orchestra.

What is the bassoon?

200

This brass instrument is the smallest and easiest to carry around.

What is the trumpet?

200

This instrument is round like a drum, but has jingles  around the outside edge.

What is the tambourine?

200

The French Horn.

What is the Brass Family?

300

This instrument is the violin's slightly-larger cousin.  It is held and played just like a violin, but it sounds a little lower.

What is the viola?

300

Name this double reed instrument.

What is the oboe?

300

This instrument is held with the player's hand in the bell.

What is the french horn?

300

This percussion instrument is named for its shape!

What is the triangle?

300

The Timpani.

What is the Percussion Family?

400

This instrument has more strings than the violin, viola, cello and bass...combined! 

What is the harp?

400

Name this single reed instrument.

What is the clarinet?

400

This brass instrument is the only one to use a slide to change pitches.

What is the trombone?

400

This instrument in made of many narrow bars of wood that each play a different pitch when they are struck.

What is the xylophone?

400

The Harp.

What is the String Family?

500

Pizzicato is an Italian word that means this.

What is to pluck the strings?

500

The smallest, highest-sounding woodwind instrument in the orchestra.

What is the piccolo?

500

This instrument is so large and heavy that you must sit down in order to play it.  

What is a tuba?

500

Most orchestras have 3 or 4 of these huge, kettle-shaped drums. They can be tuned to match the notes that the other instruments are playing.

What is the timpani?

500

The Piano.

What is the String Family or the Percussion Family?