1. INSTRUMENTS OF THE ORCHESTRA AND CONCERT BAND
In color and sound

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

3. Woodwinds
clarinets
*include*
oboe
bassoon
saxophones
flutes

4. The Flute Family
flute
alto flute
bass flute
piccolo

5. The clarinet family
clarinet
Alto clarinet
Bass clarinet

6. Soprano sax
Alto sax
Tenor sax
Baritone sax
The saxophone family

7. Others......
bassoon
oboe

8. Brass
*include*
trumpets
baritones
french horn
trombones
tubas

9. trombone
euphonium
baritone
trumpet
French horn
tuba

10. *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=)

12. 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)

13. piano
bass
cello
viola
violin