WorksheetsIdentifying Instruments
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 37mins
This highest instrument of the string family is called what?
Bass
Violin
Cello
Viola
This string instrument is larger than a violin, but smaller than a cello.
Bass
Sitar
Guitar
Viola
This string instrument is lower than a viola, but higher than a double bass.
Violin
Cello
Sitar
Harp
This is the lowest instrument in the string family.
Cello
Double bass
Sitar
Harp
What is this indefinitely pitched percussion instrument?
Snare drum
Bass drum
Xylophone
Cymbals
The lower drum head of this instrument has tightly strung metal wires, giving it a unique sound.
Snare drum
Tam-tam
Timpani
Bass drum
This instrument is often used to create the sound of church bells.
Glockenspiel
Marimba
Chimes
Timpani
These musicians are holding this type of percussion instrument.
Triangle
Celesta
Tam-tam
Cymbals
This smaller metal keyboard instrument is typically played with hard brass mallets.
Marimba
Chimes
Glockenspiel
Harpsichord
This large percussion instrument is known generally as a gong.
Tam-tam
Tom-tom
Timpani
Bass drum
This instrument is named after its shape.
Triangle
Circle
Square
Rhombus
Also known as kettle drums, these drums can be tuned to specific pitches.
Bass drum
Tom-tom
Marimba
Timpani
This keyboard percussion instrument has metal bars and a pedal that controls how long notes are sustained.v
Marimba
Celesta
Vibraphone
Piano
This keyboard percussion instrument has wood bars and is smaller than the marimba.
Glockenspiel
Xylophone
Harpsichord
Vibraphone
This large wood keyboard percussion instrument has a lower and more resonant sound than the xylophone.
Marimba
Piano
Glockenspiel
Harp
This instrument is similar to a snare drum but doesn't have the metal wires stretched across the lower drum head.
Bass drum
Tom-tom
Cymbal
Timpani
This woodwind instrument doesn't use a reed to make sound.
Organ
Clarinet
Flute
Oboe
What is this single reed instrument?
Oboe
Flute
Saxophone
Clarinet
This double reed instrument has a higher register than the bassoon.
Flute
Oboe
Contrabassoon
Clarinet
This single reed instrument is smaller than the tenor saxophone.
Clarinet
Bassoon
Flute
Alto saxophone
This single reed instrument is larger than the alto saxophone.
Contrabasoon
Tenor saxophone
Oboe
Clarinet
This large double reed instrument sounds lower than the oboe.
Bassoon
Tenor saxophone
Tuba
Flute
This is the lowest instrument in the double reed family.
Oboe
Bassoon
Contrabassoon
Tenor Saxophone
This keyboard instrument is played by passing pressurized air through different lengths of tubing.
Organ
Harpsichord
Piano
Celesta
This keyboard instrument is similar to a piano, but it produces sound by plucking individual strings.
Celesta
Harpsichord
Harp
Organ
This keyboard instrument became popular because of its ability to play loud and soft dynamics.
Harpsichord
Piano
Organ
Harp
This small keyboard instrument produces sound by hitting tuned metal plates, giving it a bell-like timbre.
Celesta
Harpsichord
Piano
Xylophone
This instrument produces sound by plucking individual strings.
Violin
Guitar
Harp
Sitar
This string instrument is plucked or strummed to produce sound.
Guitar
Sitar
Harp
Piano
This large Indian instrument has strings for melody and strings that sustain like a drone.
Harp
Guitar
Sitar
Cello
This brass instrument has a clear, piercing tone.
Trombone
Tuba
Euphonium
Trumpet
This brass instrument is a higher version of the trumpet.
Piccolo trumpet
Tuba
Horn
Trombone
This brass instrument uses a slide to change the pitch of the sound.
Horn
Trombone
Trumpet
Euphonium
This conical brass instrument uses valves to change the pitch of the sound.
Trombone
Horn
Tuba
Trumpet
This conical brass instrument is a smaller and higher version of a tuba.
Trumpet
Horn
Trombone
Euphonium
This instrument is the lowest member of the brass family.
Trombone
Tuba
Trumpet
Horn
This Indonesian percussion ensemble is made up of gongs, drums, and metallophones tuned to non-Western scales.
Vibraphone
Glockenspiel
Gamelan
Chimes
