String Instruments
The most common instrument in an orchestra.
Violin
The only brass instrument that uses a slide to change pitches.
Trombone
The oldest instrument that produces pitched sounds
Flute
The most well-known keyboard instrument.
Piano
The loudest instrument in an orchestra.
Cymbals
The largest and deepest string instrument.
Double-bass
An instrument that in ancient times was replaced by conch shells
Trumpet
The highest playing woodwind instrument
Piccolo
A type of keyboard instrument that produces sound through the vibration of strings
Chordophones
An instrument whose pitch and sound you can change by hitting it with different mallets.
Xylophone
The second biggest instrument in the string family.
Cello
An instrument with roots in the French hunting horn
French horn
The instrument that tunes the orchestra
Oboe
A type of keyboard instrument that makes sound through the vibration of air.
Aerophones
An instrument also called kettledrums
The string instrument that almost always plays the harmony.
Viola
The largest and lowest brass instrument
Tuba
An oboe player can also play this instrument.
English Horn
A type of keyboard instrument that makes sound through the instrument itself vibrating
Idiophones
The lowest-pitched percussion instrument.
Bass drum
The instrument with 47 strings shaped like a 7
Harp
A type of valved bugle developed in Germany.
Flugelhorn
An instrument that could be mistaken for an oboe except the mouthpiece
Clarinet
A type of keyboard instrument that makes sound through electrical means
Electrophones
An instrument from Mexico that you play by shaking it
Maracas