String Family
The tensioned stick used to play most stringed instruments
What is a bow?
The method used to make sound in a woodwind instrument
What is blowing?
The buttons or keys used to press on a brass instrument
What are valves
This wooden or plastic stick may be used to play certain percussion instruments
What is a mallet?
Also known as a fiddle
What is a violin?
The shape in which woodwind instruments are formed
What is a tube?
The metal attachment used to blow into on a brass instrument. It makes a buzzing sound.
What is a mouthpiece?
This instrument is very large, unpitched and has two drum heads on each side.
What is a bass drum?
This instrument plays the lowest notes of the stringed family
What is the double bass?
The wooden mouthpiece on most woodwind instruments
What is a reed?
The only brass instrument that uses a slider for note positions
What is a trombone?
This instrument is the same name as it's shape and has a very light sound. It is made of metal.
What is the triangle?
This is the smallest of the stringed instruments in the string family
What is the violin?
The woodwind instrument that used to be made of wood, but is now of metal. The playing position of this instrument is held out to the side.
What is a flute?
This instrument is known for its tubing wrapped into a coil with a large bell
What is a french horn?
This instrument is pitched and has wooden bars that are struck with mallets
What is a xylophone?
This stringed instrument is known for it's low, deep and rich sound. Bach was known for writing his Suite No. 1 in G major for this stringed instrument.
What is the cello?
The instrument of the woodwind family that plays the highest pitches in an orchestra
What is a piccalo?
The brass instrument best known for playing the melody of a song
This pitched instrument is sometimes mistaken for a stringed instrument. It is struck with fingers playing the keys.
What is a piano?