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Instrument Families

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