The Instruments of the Orchestra Prepared by Mrs. Autry Devers School Fort Bragg, N.C.
The String Family Are bowed or plucked Is the largest family in actual numbers Has four members Each has four strings Are bowed or plucked
Bowed Plucked
Violin Viola The String Family Cello String Bass
The Brass Family Four members Common ancestor is the animal horn Are played by blowing while buzzing lips
The Brass Family Trumpet French Horn Trombone Tuba
The Woodwind Family All of the members are or once were, made of wood Most of them use reeds on the mouthpiece
The clarinet, oboe and bassoon are wind instruments that sound when the player's breath causes a reed (a thin blade of cane) to vibrate, thereby setting up a sound wave in an enclosed air column.
Flute Clarinet Oboe The Woodwind Family Bassoon
The Percussion Family played one of three ways: Struck Shaken Scraped Some are pitched Some are unpitched Percussion instruments may be played one of three ways: Struck Shaken Scraped
The Percussion Family Pitched instruments Xylophone or Bells Piano
Unpitched instruments The Percussion Family Unpitched instruments Cymbals Bongos Sleigh Bells
Bass Drum and Snare Drum are STRUCK
Tambourine and Maracas are SHAKEN
Guiro and Sand Blocks are played by SCRAPING
Can you name the instruments? What instrument family do they belong to?
What instrument family do they belong to? Can you name the instruments? What instrument family do they belong to?
What instrument family do they belong to? Can you name the instruments? What instrument family do they belong to?
Can you name the instruments? Are they pitched or unpitched? What family do these instruments belong to?
What family do these instruments belong to? Can you name the instruments? Are they pitched or unpitched? What family do these instruments belong to?
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