1. The Instruments of the Orchestra

2. The String Family Has the most members in the orchestra
Has four instruments in the family
Each instrument has four strings
The instruments are played by using a bow or plucking the strings
Plucking
Bowing

3. Violin
Viola
Cello
To hear the members of the string
family, click on each speaker sign.
String Bass

4. The Brass Family Has four instruments in the family
Ancestor was the horn from an animal
Played by using a cup shaped mouthpiece
Musician needs to buzz their lips in order to make a sound

5. To hear the members of the brass
family, click on the name of the instrument.
Trumpet
French Horn
Trombone
Tuba

6. The Woodwind Family All of the members are or once were, made of wood
Most of them use reeds on the mouthpiece
All of the use wind to make a sound
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.

7. Flute
Clarinet
To hear the members of the woodwind family, click on the name of the instrument.
Oboe
Bassoon

8. The Percussion Family Some are pitched Some are non-pitched
Play Percussion Instruments by:
Striking
Shaking
Scraping

9. Pitched Percussion
Xylophone, Marimba
or Bells
Piano

10. Non-Pitched Percussion
Cymbals
Bongos
Sleigh Bells

11. Percussion that is Struck
Snare Drum
Bass Drum

12. Percussion that is Shaken
Tambourine
Maracas

13. Percussion that is Scraped
Guiro
Sand Blocks

14. Can you name the instruments?
What instrument family do they belong to?

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Can you name the instruments?
What instrument family do they belong to?

16. What instrument family do they belong to?
Can you name the instruments?
What instrument family do they belong to?

17. Can you name the instruments?
Are they pitched or non-pitched?
What family do these instruments belong to?

18. What family do these instruments belong to?
Can you name the instruments?
Are they pitched or non-pitched?
What family do these instruments belong to?

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