Strings
The smallest and highest pitched string instrument.
What is the violin?
The woodwind instrument that is the most popular. It is black and has a single-reed. It's nickname is the "licorice stick".
What is the clarinet?
This is the smallest, highest sounding brass instrument.
What is the trumpet?
Name 3 unpitched percussion instruments that are used to keep a beat.
What is wood block, bass drum, triangle, sand blocks, cymbals, fish, maracas, claves, castanets, cowbell, or tambourine?
This section of the orchestra sits behind the string section.
What is the woodwind section?
The stringed instrument that is 6 feet tall and plays the lowest notes.
What is the bass?
This woodwind is not made from wood. It is silver and held horizontally to play. It does not have a reed. You must blow across the mouthpiece to make it play. It is approximately 18-20 inches long.
What is the flute?
This brass instrument is the only brass instrument that has a slide.
What is the trombone?
The only tunable drum in the orchestra.
What is the timpani (kettle drum)?
This section of the orchestra has mouthpieces that are all shaped the same. You must buzz your lips to get it to sound.
What is the brass section?
The stringed instrument that is played between your knees.
What is the cello?
This woodwind has a double-reed and is used to tune the orchestra. It is sometimes used to coax snakes out of a basket to dance.
What is the oboe?
It is the largest brass instrument and plays the lowest notes.
What is the tuba?
The 3 ways the percussion instruments are played.
What is hitting, scraping, and shaking?
The section of the orchestra that has tuned and non-tuned instruments. It sits in the back of the orchestra because the instruments are loud.
What is the percussion section?
The stringed instrument that is slightly larger than the violin, and it can play slightly lower notes than the violin.
What is the viola?
This instrument has no reed. It is silver, about 6 inches long and is held horizontally. It plays the highest notes in the orchestra.
What is the piccolo?
You play this brass instrument with your hand in the bell to soften the sound. It was also used by fox hunters to start the hunt. It is circular in shape.
What is the french horn?
This percussion instrument is round, suspended on a frame, and is Chinese.
What is the gong?
What the conductor holds.
What is a baton?
Where the stringed instruments are seated in the orchestra.
What is the front of the orchestra?
This instrument is the longest woodwind instrument. It has a double reed, and looks like a long pipe. It plays very low notes. It sounds like a clown laughing.
What is the bassoon?
This brass instrument was used to announce kings.
What is the trumpet?
Two keyboard percussion instruments.
What is the xylophone, chimes, celesta, piano, or bells?
This section of the orchestra is not included in a band.
What is the string section?