Woodwind
String
Percussion
Brass
Whole Orchestra
100

Highest woodwind

 Flute

100

Highest string

Violin

100

Only pitched drum

Timpani

100

Highest brass

Trumpet

100

Largest family in the orchestra

String

200

Lowest woodwind

 Bassoon

200

Lowest string

 Double Bass

200

Big booming non-pitched drum

 Bass Drum

200

Lowest brass

Tuba

200

Family that uses sticks

 Percussion

300

Single reed

Clarinet

300

Little lower than the violin

 Viola

300

Two metal discs that are crashed together

 Cymbals

300

Only brass without valves...uses a slide instead

 Trombone

300

Family that uses reeds

Woodwinds

400

Uses a double reed and lower than the bassoon

 Oboe

400

Player sits to play this

 Cello

400
Metal strings give this drum a snapping sound
What is Snare Drum
400

Descendent of old hunting horn...player sometimes puts fist in bell

 French Horn

400

Family that has mouthpieces

 Brass

500

Why are they called woodwind

They are made of wood and you blow wind into them

500

How much of the orchestra is string players

 Over half

500

This instrument gets its name from its shape

 Triangle

500

What are brass instruments made of

 Brass

500

The leader of the orchestra is called

Conductor