Instrument Families

What are the four main families of the orchestra?

Instruments in the String Family use __________________ to make a sound.

• Air

• Strings

• Electricity

• Hammers

Instruments in the Woodwind Family use ________________ to make a sound.

• Air

• Strings

• Electricity

• Hammers

Brass Instruments use air and ____________________ to make a sound.

• Humming

• Singing

• Lip Buzzing

• Foot Tapping

Instruments in the ___________________ Family make a sound when you hit, shake, or scrape them.

• String

• Woodwind

• Brass

• Percussion

What family does the French Horn belong to?

• string
• brass
• percussion
• woodwind

What family does the bass drum belong to?

• string
• woodwind
• percussion
• brass

What family does the clarinet belong to?

• string
• woodwind
• brass
• percussion

What family does the double bass belong to?

• string
• brass
• woodwind
• percussion

The piano belongs to which families?

• brass, percussion
• string, brass
• string, percussion
• woodwind, brass