Orchestra Families

Strings

100

What is the name of the smallest string instrument

violin

200

Which string instrument do you have to sit down to play?

cello

300

Which string instrument has very low and very high strings?

harp

400

You have to stand up to play this string instrument

String Bass

500

Where does the string family sit in the orchestra?

The front

Woodwinds

100

These two woodwind instruments use a double reed

Oboe and Bassoon

200

You play this woodwind instrument by blowing across the mouthpiece

Flute

300

This woodwind instrument plays the cat theme in Peter and the Wolf

Clarinet

400

This is the largest woodwind instrument

Bassoon

500

This woodwind uses one reed

Clarinet

Brass

100

You make sound for each brass instrument by doing this into the mouthpiece

Buzz your lips

200

This brass instrument changes notes by moving it's slide

Trombone

300

These two brass instruments make sound by pressing down valves

Trumpet and French Horn

400

This is the largest brass instrument

Tuba

500

Brass players can change the note they are playing by using valves or a slide or...

Changing their lips as they buzz into the mouthpiece

Percussion

100

What are the different ways percussion instruments are played?

Hit, Shake or Scrape

200

This percussion instrument can play notes (pitches)

Xylophone

300

This instrument is the largest percussion instrument

Bass Drum

400

You play this percussion instrument by hitting two of them together.

Cymbals

500

You play this instrument by shaking it.

Maracas