Instruments of the Orchestra Woodwind Brass Strings Percussion
Instruments of the Orchestra
Woodwind Brass Strings Percussion Wild 10 10 10 20 20 20 30 30 30 40 40 40 50 50 50
WW- 10 • When woodwinds were first invented, they were made of this material.
WW– 10 • Wood
WW- 20 • True or False: The clarinet is part of the woodwind family.
WW– 20 e u r T
WW- 30 • Which instrument sounds LOWER? Oboe or Bassoon
WW – 30 • Bassoon
WW - 40 • The woodwind instruments are divided into 2 groups. What are these groups?
WW – 40 • Reeds and flutes
WW- 50 • Name 2 woodwinds that do not have reeds.
WW– 50 • Flute, piccolo and recorder
Brass- 10 • Brass instruments are played by placing your mouth on the mouthpiece and doing this…
Brass – 10 • Buzzing your lips
Brass- 20 • All brass instrument have what at the end of the instrument?
Brass – 20 • Bell
Brass- 30 • What is the lowest sounding brass instrument?
Brass – 30 • Tuba
Brass- 40 • Name the brass instrument that does not have valves.
Rap – 40 • Trombone
Brass- 50 • True or False: The saxophone is part of the brass family.
Brass– 50 e s l Fa
Strings- 10 • True or False: The electric bass is a member of the string family.
Strings – 10 e u r T
Strings- 20 • What is the highest sounding member of the string family?
Strings– 20 • violin
Strings- 30 • List two of the four ways strings can be played.
Strings– 30 • Bowing, plucking, strumming, picking
Strings- 40 • A bow is made of _______.
Strings– 40 • Horse hair
Strings- 50 • Strings have this kind of wooded body?
Strings– 50 • Hollow
Percussion- 10 • True or False: The glockenspiel is a percussion instrument.
Percussion – 10 e u r T
Percussion- 20 • True or False: The percussion family is the oldest family.
Percussion – 20 True
Percussion- 30 • Name 3 ways to play percussion instruments.
Percussion– 30 • Tap, scrape, shake
Percussion- 40 • What drum can be tuned to play different pitches?
Percussion– 40 • Timpani
Percussion- 50 • Percussion instruments are divided into 2 groups. Name those groups.
Percussion– 50 • Pitched and non-pitched
Wild- 10 • This family of instruments are long tubes with keys or holes…
Wild– 10 • Woodwind family
Wild- 20 • This family of instruments are folded over many times.
Wild – 20 • Brass
Wild - 30 • True or False: A smaller instrument makes a lower sound while a larger instrument makes a higher sound.
Wild– 30 e s l Fa
Wild- 40 • This family has pegs to turn in order to tune the instrument.
Wild– 40 • Strings
Wild- 50 • The person who writes music for musicians to play is called….
Wild– 50 • Composer
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