Woodwind Family

Woodwind Family

By Princess Canlapan

Multiple Choice

These instruments are played by blowing air into the mouthpiece. Different tunes are produced by using the fingers to cover its holes that produce different tunes.

• Woodwind Instrument

• Percussion Instrument

• String Instrument

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The players of the woodwind instruments are seated at the

of the orchestra.

Multiple Choice

A woodwind instrument, it is a tube about 26 1/2 inches long. The mouth hole ¡s cut in the side of the flute near the end.

• Piccolo

• Flute

• Clarinet

• Oboe

• Basson

Multiple Choice

This instrument ¡s a double reed instrument with a conical tube. It ¡s over eight feet long but it is doubled up ¡n itself to make the instrument manageable.

• Piccolo

• Flute

• Clarinet

• Oboe

• Basson

Multiple Choice

The _________ is a baby flute It looks like a flute but it is half the size and plays an octave higher.

• Piccolo

• Flute

• Clarinet

• Oboe

• Basson

Multiple Choice

The ______________ is a double reed instrument about 25 inches long. The double reed ¡s a narrow strip of cane that ¡s scraped very thinly

• Piccolo

• Flute

• Clarinet

• Oboe

• Basson

Multiple Choice

This instrument has a single reed. Its size is about 26 inches long. It is a very expressive instrument as ¡t can be played very quietly or gradually louder and softer.

• Piccolo

• Flute

• Clarinet

• Oboe

• Basson