Strings
The highest-pitched string instrument.
What is a violin?
A woodwind instrument made of metal that has no reed and is held sideways.
What is a flute?
The highest-pitched brass instrument.
What is a trumpet?
These percussion instruments play specific notes.
What is tuned percussion?
These are the speaking parts that early films did not have.
What is dialogue?
The lowest pitched-string instrument.
What is a double bass?
This single-reed woodwind instrument is made of metal and is often used in Jazz.
What is a saxophone?
The lowest-pitched brass instrument.
What is a tuba?
The percussion instruments do not play specific notes.
What is untuned percussion?
This is what music helps to convey in films and TV. For example, happiness, sadness, or excitement.
What are emotions?
A string instrument that has many, many strings and is only played by plucking them.
What is a harp?
This single-reed woodwind instrument has a wide range and is used in many different types of music.
What is a clarinet?
This brass instrument was first used by hunters on horseback. The tubing is wrapped around itself several times.
What is a (French) horn?
These tuned percussion instruments are small and are made of metal.
What is a Glockenspiel?
This is music composed specifically for a film.
What is a score?
A word meaning to play the strings with the bow.
What is arco?
This double-reed woodwind instrument has a melancholy sound and is popular as a solo instrument.
What is an oboe?
This brass instrument has a slide instead of valves.
What is a trombone?
These tuned percussion instruments are larger and have bars that are made of wood.
What is a xylophone?
This is when a film uses music that has already been written.
What is a sound track?
A word meaning to pluck the strings with your fingers.
What is pizzicato?
This low-pitched, double-reed woodwind instrument is sometimes called the Clown of the Orchestra.
What is a bassoon?
This is what you do with your lips to play a brass instrument.
What is buzzing?
The large drums are tuned to specific pitches. They are used a lot in orchestras.
What are timpani?
This was the first film to use Technicolor.
What is the Wizard of Oz?