5th Grade Orchestra, Brass Section

5th Grade Orchestra, Brass Section

Learn it!

An orchestra is a large group of instrumentalists that consists of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. Watch the video to learn how to play the different instruments!

Instruments require a vibration to make their sounds.

• Woodwind instruments use a single reed or double reed for vibration and have keys to make their sounds.

• Brass instruments need a buzz from your lips, air from your lungs, and use valves to make their sounds.

• Stringed instruments need to be plucked or bowed to make their sounds and change pitch by placing fingers on frets.

• Percussion instruments have to be hit, shaken, or scraped to cause vibration making their sounds.

Practice and Prove it!

Can you identify the instruments of the orchestra by sound and/or sight?

Which instrument do you hear?

Get a piece of paper and take your best guess!

What did we learn?

We learned how different instruments of the orchestra make a sound. We identified instruments by sight and sound.

Brass Section

Multiple Choice

In addition to the slide, what are two ways to change pitch on a brass instrument?

• Pressing valves and buzzing lips again the mouthpiece
• Shaking the instrument and pressing the valves
• Pressing the valves and moving the instrument up and down 
• blowing as hard as possible and shaking the instrument

Multiple Choice

What brass instrument uses a slide to change pitch?

• Trumpet
• Trombone
• Sousaphone
• French Horn

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a trumpet?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a French Horn?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a tuba?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a trombone?