Country of Origin
Sound
Appearance
How to Play
Instrument Family
100

The fiddle and the banjo are among those originating from this country.

What is Ireland?

100

This reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across the opening like the piccolo.

What is the flute?

100

This instrument typically has 88 keys, which can be either black or white.

What is the piano?

100

These types of instruments are played by blowing into them including instruments like the trumpet and trombone.

What is brass?
100

One of the largest instrument families in an orchestra, these instruments come in four sizes, with the smallest sounding the highest, and the biggest sounding the lowest.

What are string instruments?

200

The piano, one of the most commonly played instruments in the world originates from this country.

What is Italy?

200

This instrument is in the string family along with the viola, and plays the same notes, except it plays them an octave lower.

What is the cello?

200

To play this instrument you can squeeze it and press the buttons or keys.

What is the accordion?


200

This string instrument is plucked with fingers, played with both hands, and you change the pitch, you can either use levers or pedals, based on what type.

What is the harp?

200

Instruments including the clarinet, flute, and oboe are in this family.

What are woodwind instruments?

300

Congas and Bongos originate from this country

What is Cuba?

300

This percussion instrument is non-pitched and you hit them against each other, they are made of small thin discs made out of various metals, and sometimes they have handles

What are the cymbals?

300

This woodwind instrument uses enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag.

What are bagpipes?

300

This percussion instrument is a rattle shaken with a handle, and traditionally appear in Caribbean and Latin music.

What are the maracas?

300

This instrument is a percussion instrument, because when you hit the key, the strings inside get hit by a hammer, causing vibrations.

What is the piano?

400

Instruments like the gong and pipa originate from this country.

What is China?

400

This instrument looks like the violin, it is just a little bit bigger, and sounds like it, except it is played in alto clef.

What is the viola?

400

This instrument is like a small guitar, except it only has four strings, and is a part of the plucked string family

What is the ukulele?


400

This pitched percussion instrument consists of wooden bars which get struck by mallets.

What is the xylophone?


400

The major types of instruments include percussion, brass, strings, and 

What are woodwind instruments?

500

This plucked string instrument is often used in Hindustani classical music, flourished under the Mughals, and was invented in the 1800s. 

What is the sitar?

500

This instrument resembles an upright piano, and the keys connect to hammers that strike a set of metal plates that are suspended above wooden bars.

What is the celesta?


500

This instrument was probably one of the most well-known and important instruments in the Greek world. It resembles a small harp.

What is the lyre?


500

The biggest instrument of the string family, and the lowest, it is played standing up with a bow.

What is the Bass?

500

Even though the piano is percussion, it can also be counted as _________, along with the organ, accordion, and harpsichord.

What is the keyboard?