Instrument Families

Strike, Scrape, or Shake

• Percussion

• Strings

• Brass

• Woodwinds

True or False: Brass instruments have a metal cup-shaped mouthpiece

• True

• False

SELECT ALL: Which instrument families do you blow air into?

• Percussion

• Strings

• Brass

• Woodwinds

Originally made of wood.

• Percussion

• Woodwinds

• Brass

• Strings

Head joints and reeds

• Brass

• Woodwinds

• Percussion

• Strings

Most instruments are made of metal, and you blow air into them.

• Woodwinds

• Strings

• Percussion

• Brass

Number of instrument families

• 4

• 3

• 2

• 1

Produce sound from vibrating strings

• Percussion

• Strings

• Woodwinds

• Brass

True or False: You can play a string instrument by plucking, bowing, and strumming the strings.

• True

• False

True or False: Woodwinds have a metal cup-shaped mouthpiece.

• True

• False