| A | B |
|---|
| trumpet | highest sounding brass instrument |
| trombone | brass instrument with a slide |
| tuba | lowest sounding brass instrument |
| french horn | ancestor of the hunting horn |
| brass family | instruments with a mouthpiece, coiled tubing, and bell shaped opening |
| valves, slide, and lips | used to change pitch on brass instruments |
| string instruments | instruments played with a bow or plucked with the fingers |
| violin | highest sounding string instrument |
| double bass | lowest sounding string instrument |
| cello | the player sits to play this string instrument and rests it on the floor |
| viola | string instrument that is slightly larger than a violin |
| bow | made from wood and horsehair, it is used to play a string instrument |
| harp | a string instrument with 47 strings |
| woodwind family | instruments made up of a narrow tube which must be blown into to create sound |
| piccolo | the highest sounding instrument in both the woodwind family and the orchestra |
| contrabassoon | the lowest sounding instrument in both the woodwind family and the orchestra |
| saxophone | though it is made out of brass, it uses a reed and belongs in the woodwind family |
| flute | a long, silver, woodwind instrument with many keys |
| clarinet | a long woodwind instrument, made out of wood or hard plastic, that uses a single reed |
| oboe | a long woodwind instrument that uses a double reed |
| bassoon | a woodwind instrument that uses a double reed and sounds lower that an oboe |
| percussion family | instruments that you play by hitting or shaking |
| snare drum | a drum with wires on the bottom of it that rattle when you play |
| cymbals | large, round metal plates that you strike together or hit with a stick |
| timpani | also known as kettledrums, these drums are played with felt beaters |
| xylophone | this instrument has wooden bars of different sizes that are hit with beaters to play a melody |
| triangle | this instrument has the shape of its name, is made out of metal, and is struck with a beater |
| bongo drums | this instrument is two attached drums which are struck by the player's hands |
| guiro | a percussion instrument that is scraped with a beater |
| woodblock | a percussion instrument that is made out of wood and tapped with a beater or stick |
| piano | this instrument has strings on the inside that are struck by felt hammers to create the sound |
| maracas | this percussion instrument has tiny beads inside which shake to create a sound |
