Instruments of the Orchestra

The scientific name for an instrument that uses air to create sound.

• Chordophone

• Aerophone

• Membranophone

• Idiophone

The scientific name for an instrument that creates sound by having strings vibrate.

• Chordophone

• Aerophone

• Membranophone

• Idiophone

The scientific name for an instrument by hitting a piece of thin plastic or nylon stretched over a metal ring.

• Chordophone

• Aerophone

• Membranophone

• Idiophone

The scientific name for an instrument where the entire instrument vibrates to create sound.

• Chordophone

• Aerophone

• Membranophone

• Idiophone

The instrument family where musicians must hit, scrape, or shake something in order to make sound.

• Woodwind

• Brass

• Percussion

• Strings

The instrument family where musicians use a bow or their fingers to make the strings vibrate, creating sound.

• Woodwind

• Brass

• Percussion

• Strings

The instrument family where musicians must use air to make a reed vibrate or blow over a hole to create the sound.

• Woodwind

• Brass

• Percussion

• Strings

The instrument family where musicians have to buzz their lips to create the sound.

• Woodwind

• Brass

• Percussion

• Strings

The orchestra is primarily made up of string instruments.

• True

• False

The single reed (clarinet/saxophone reed) is the only reed that can make a sound on its own.

• True

• False