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Potpourri
100
Gut, Steel or Nylon.
What are strings made of?
100
In the olden days, all the instruments in this category were made of this.
What is wood?
100
People from France probably really love this instrument.
What is the French horn?
100
These look like big, shiny bowls.
What is timpani or kettle drums?
100
This group makes up more than half of the orchestra.
What is the strings?
200
The bow is strung with this.
What is horsehair?
200
The only woodwind without a reed.
What is the flute?
200
The name of the flared end of the brass instruments.
What is the bell?
200
These look like gold-coloured pot lids.
What is cymbals?
200
This family has the largest variety of instruments.
What is percussion?
300
The smallest member of the string family.
What is the violin?
300
This instrument uses a double reed.
What is the oboe?
300
The only brass instrument without valves or buttons.
What is the trombone?
300
The biggest drum in the percussion family.
What is the bass drum?
300
The family to which the piano belongs.
What is percussion?
400
This instrument has 47 strings.
What is the harp?
400
This is the only "reedless" instrument.
What is the flute?
400
Versions of this instrument have been around for thousands of years.
What is the trumpet?
400
One of the few "tuned" members of the percussion family, this instrument can play notes.
What is timpani?
400
The shape of this instrument is also its name.
What is the triangle?
500
There are more of this instrument in the orchestra than any other.
What is the violin?
500
This word means "little" in Italian and is also the name of the smallest member of the woodwind family.
What is piccolo?
500
The usual number of tubas in an orchestra.
What is one?
500
Don't use this instrument to try catching rabbits!
What is a snare drum?
500
This is the only instrument family which is located entirely on one-half of the orchestra seating chart.
What is the percussion?