INSTRUMENTS OF THE ORCHESTRA AND CONCERT BAND In color and sound

Instruments come in four major “families” Woodwinds Brass Percussion Strings (Sometimes books will include a fifth family: Keyboard)

Woodwinds clarinets *include* oboe bassoon saxophones flutes

The Flute Family flute alto flute bass flute piccolo

The clarinet family clarinet Alto clarinet Bass clarinet

Soprano sax Alto sax Tenor sax Baritone sax The saxophone family

Others...... bassoon oboe

Brass *include* trumpets baritones french horn trombones tubas

trombone euphonium baritone trumpet French horn tuba

*the main instruments* Percussion *the main instruments* snare drum (There are SO many!!) triangle tympani xylophone cymbals bells bass drum maracas piano (sometimes the piano is labeled as a percussion instrument because it is necessary to hit it in order to play it=)

Strings string bass violin viola piano cello (Sometimes the piano is labeled as a string instrument because of the strings inside that you need in order to play it)

piano bass cello viola violin