Musical Instruments

Strings

100

This instrument is the smallest and highest in the string family.

Violin

200

This instrument is held between the knees and plays one octave lower than the viola

Cello

300

This low-pitched string instrument.

Double Bass

400

The string instrument that uses hammers to strike its strings. It is also a percussion instrument.

Piano

500

This instrument is slightly larger and deeper than the violin but smaller than the cello.

Viola

Brass

100

This brass instrument has a slide instead of valves.

 Trombone.

200

The brass instrument with the highest pitch and the brightest sound. It has a mouthpiece, valves, crooks and a bell.

Trumpet.

300

This brass instrument has the longest tube, deepest voice, and widest bell.

Tuba

400

This brass instrument uses valves and has a circular shape with a large bell.

French Horn

500

This brass instrument looks like a small tuba but plays higher notes.

Euphonium

Woodwinds

100

This instrument is held sideways, and you blow across a hole to make sound.

Flute

200

This small flute sounds an octave higher.

Piccolo

300

This double-reed instrument plays the highest voice of the reed family.

Oboe

400

This double-reed instrument usually plays the bass parts but can also play melodies. 

Bassoon

500

This woodwind looks like a clarinet but is curved and made of brass.

Saxophone

Percussion

100

These small wooden instruments are clicked together, often used in Spanish music.

Castanets

200

This instrument is struck with mallets and has wooden bars

Xylophone

300

These percussion instruments come in pairs and crash together loudly.

Cymbals

400

This percussion instrument is both tuned and always played in pairs.

Timpani

500

This instrument is struck with mallets and has wooden bars and resonators underneath.

Marimba 

Mystery Instruments

100

This double-reed instrument has a long metal tube connecting the reed and body.

Cor Anglais (English horn)

200

The largest brass instrument.

Tuba

300

This woodwind instrument is made of wood, plastic, or metal, and has three main sections.

Clarinet

400

This percussion instrument is also a string instrument, with over seven octaves of range.

Piano

500

This large brass instrument is twice as long as a trumpet and slides between notes.

trombone