What family of instruments used to be made of wood and requires air to be blown through them in order to make a sound?
THE WOODWIND FAMILY
What is the name of this instrument?
BASSOON
What is the name of the largest brass instrument?
A TUBA
How many instrument families are there?
4
How many strings are on a harp?
47
What family of instruments have to be hit, shaken, or scraped in order to make a sound?
PERCUSSION
What is the name of the small piece of wood that is needed by many woodwind instruments in order to make a sound?
A REED
What is the name of this percussion instrument?
XYLOPHONE
What string instrument is slightly larger than the violin?
THE VIOLA
What instrument family does the saxophone belong to?
WOODWIND FAMILY
What is the smallest woodwind instrument?
THE PICCOLO
What word is used to describe playing a string instrument by gliding across the strings with a bow?
ARCO
What word is used to describe playing strings by plucking them?
PIZZACATO
What is the name of this instrument?
TROMBONE
What word means the quality of sound an instrument makes?
TIMBRE
What do we call a group of organized or musicians playing instruments from each of the families?
AN ORCHESTRA
