Keyboard Family

Keyboard instruments are instruments that have a row of levers or “____”.

All sounds on keyboard instruments are _________ when players press the keys with their fingers or sometimes feet.

• hit

• triggered

• tapped

 ____________ produce sound by having a triggered mechanism either strike or pluck strings of different lengths to produce different pitches.

• Chordophones

• Idiophones

• Aerophones

• Electrophones

produce sound by having a triggered mechanism strike metal bars of different lengths to produce different pitches. 

• Aerophones

• Electrophones

• Chordophones

• Idiophones

 produce sound by triggering the release of air either through different lengths of pipe or across a series of reeds to produce different pitches.

• Idiophones

• Chordophones

• Aerophones

• Electrophones

produce sound electronically with internal computers, software, and pre-recorded sounds of different timbres and pitches.

• Electrophones

• Chordophones

• Idiophones

• Aerophones

What instrument is this?

• Flute

• Piano

• Saxophone

• Trumpet

What instrument is this?

• Harpsichord

• Violin

• Snare Drum

• Clarinet

What instrument is this?

• Piano

• Viola

• Pipe Organ

• Cello

What kind of instrument is the Synthesizer?

• aerophone

• electrophone

• idiophone