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1 by Beatrice Wilder Cntents Wrksheet 1 Wrksheet 2 Wrksheet 3 Wrksheet 4 Wrksheet 5 Wrksheet 6 Wrksheet 7 Wrksheet 8 Wrksheet 9 Wrksheet 10 Wrksheet 11 Wrksheet 12 Wrksheet 13 Wrksheet 14 Wrksheet 15 Wrksheet 16 Wrksheet 17 Wrksheet 18 Wrksheet 19 Wrksheet 20 Wrksheet 21 Wrksheet 22 Wrksheet 23 Wrksheet 24 Families Draw a line between the instrument and its name and family String Family Becming familiar with the string family Multiple Chice Quiz Tick the crrect family Wdwind Family Becming familiar with the wdwinds Wrd Search Instruments and their families Brass Family Becming familiar with the brass family Crsswrd ll names f rchestral instruments Percussin Family Becming familiar with the percussin family The Orchestra Clur in sectins shwing the layut f an rchestra Facts abut the Orchestra Finding ut a bit mre abut the rchestra Odd One Out Circle the instrument that des nt belng t the same family erphnes Learning abut and identifying aerphnes Scrambled Letters Unscramble names f rchestral instruments Reed Instruments Learning abut and identifying reed instruments Instrument Details Names and details f fur rchestral instruments Membranphnes Learning abut and identifying instruments with vibrating membranes Quick Quiz Details f instruments Chse an Owner Placing instruments with suitable wners What Instrument m I? Identify instruments frm clues given. Name the Instrument Draw lines t identify instruments Percussin Instruments Infrmatin and names f varius percussin instruments Wrd Search Identifying instruments frm descriptins given Tick the Crrect nswers Multiple chice quiz. List f Musical Instruments nswers t these wrksheets, if needed, can be fund n

2 Cpyright Beatrice Wilder 2002 Published in 2002 by Music Fun P.O. Bx 342 Katmba NSW Millyard Lane Katmba 2780 Phne: (02) Web: Please feel free t cntact us with any questins abut the cpying and use f ur wrksheets in yur schl.

3 Wrksheet 1 Families 1) Draw a line between each instrument and its name. 2) Draw a line between each instrument and its rchestral family. String Family Timpani Brass Family Trumpet Percussin Family Vilin Wdwind Family Trmbne Clarinet 3. Write the name f anther instrument in the STRING FMILY Write the name f anther instrument in the BRSS FMILY Write the name f anther instrument in the PERCUSSION FMILY Write the name f anther instrument in the WOODWIND FMILY T which family des the XYLOPHONE belng?...

4 Wrksheet 2 String Family Instruments whse sunds are prduced by stretched strings belng t the string family. Which f the fllwing instruments are nt string instruments. Crss them ut. Vila Timpani Harp Duble bass Electric bass Harmnica Shekeree Vilin Cell Banj Pian Zither Guitar Mandlin Kit Make yur wn list f string instruments. D sme research t see if yu can find sme which are nt n the abve list. Which string instruments wuld yu usually find in a symphny rchestra?......

5 Wrksheet 3 Multiple Chice (Tick the crrect family) Obe String String String Brass Duble Brass Bass Brass Wdwind bass Wdwind drum Wdwind Percussin Percussin Percussin String String String Cymbals Brass Bassn Brass Trumpet Brass French hrn Cr nglais Wdwind Wdwind Wdwind Percussin Percussin Percussin String String String Brass Cell Brass Clarinet Brass Wdwind Wdwind Wdwind Percussin Percussin Percussin String String String Brass Trmbne Brass Saxphne Brass Wdwind Wdwind Wdwind Percussin Percussin Percussin String String String Vila Brass Castanets Brass Euphnium Brass Wdwind Wdwind Wdwind Percussin Percussin Percussin String String String Tuba Brass Vilin Brass Snare Brass Wdwind Wdwind drum Wdwind Percussin Percussin Percussin String String String Xylphne Brass Flute Brass Gng Brass Wdwind Wdwind Wdwind Percussin Percussin Percussin

6 Wrksheet 4 Wdwind Family Instruments which are blwn int (wind) and which were ften riginally made f wd. Wdwinds can then be divided int tw sub-families: flutes, where air is blwn acrss a muthpiece and reed instruments where air causes the reeds in a muthpiece t vibrate.. Which f the fllwing instruments are nt wdwind instruments. Crss them ut. Recrder Flute Obe Guir Bassn Sansa Cr anglais Bagpipes Piccl Saxphne Lute Harmnica Krummhrn Jew s harp Clarinet Make yur wn list f wdwind instruments. D sme research t see if yu can find sme which are nt n the abve list. Which wdwinds wuld yu usually find in a symphny rchestra?......

7 Find musical instruments reading acrss r dwn and draw circles arund them. In the list belw tick the bx next t each name as yu find it then write the family t which it belngs. n r h h c n e r f k v l l e c t g n g z x k l r r t x d x l s s c e a a r n x d s u c t r n m u t t r p a a i u i g b m i u z b l p l n l p m d t x r f e a n e p t v r i i b t i e t a b u t v v a c a s t a n e t a s l a b m y c i w k v s a x p h n e b flute trumpet drum vila trmbne french hrn cymbal clarinet piccl cell tuba castanet saxphne be vilin timpani cr anglais bassn duble bass gng Wrksheet 5 Wrd Search Musical Instruments

8 Wrksheet 6 Brass Family Brass instruments are usually made f brass but are smetimes made f ther metals. Sme instruments are made f brass r ther metals but belng t the wdwind family. Which f the fllwing instruments d nt belng t the family f brass instruments. Crss them ut. French hrn Trumpet Crnet Saxphne Metallphne Tuba English hrn Trmbne Euphnium Bugle Guitar Susaphne Obe Hunting hrn Cymbals Make yur wn list f brass instruments. D sme research t see if yu can find sme which are nt n the abve list. Which brass instruments wuld yu usually find in a symphny rchestra?......

9 Wrksheet 7 Crsswrd The answers t the clues in this crsswrd puzzle are all names f musical instruments CROSS 1. Percussin with stretched skin. 3. High pitched wdwind. 5. Brass instrument withut valves. 8. Lw pitched duble reed wdwind. 9. Wdwind withut reed, usually made f metal. 12. Mid-range duble reed wdwind. 13. Cmmn name fr harmnica. 15. Brass instrument with valves, its tubing in circular cils. 16. Large deep percussin with stretched skin DOWN 1. Largest in the string family. 2. Single reed instrument made f brass. 3. Keybard instrument. 4. Duble reed wdwind instrument. 5. Brass instrument with valves. 6. Stringed instrument. 7. Stringed instrument which rests n the flr whilst being played. 10. Single reed wdwind. 11. Highest pitched in the string family. 12. Percussin instrument clashed tgether in pairs. 14. Instrument with many strings which is nt played with a bw.

10 Wrksheet 8 Percussin Family Instruments which need t be hit r shaken t make a sund are called percussin instruments. Which f the fllwing instruments are nt percussin instruments. Crss them ut. Wdblcks Marimba Triangle Guir Bassn Bells Tamburine Gng Xylphne Castanets Timpani Pian Tuba Bng drums Whip Make yur wn list f percussin instruments. D sme research t see if yu can find sme which are nt n the abve list. Which percussin instruments wuld yu usually find in a symphny rchestra?......

11 Wrksheet 9 The Orchestra This is the typical layut f a symphny rchestra. Fill in the blcks f instruments accrding t the family t which each belngs. Use a different clur fr each family as fllws... Blue fr Percussin Yellw fr Brass Green fr Wdwind Red fr Strings Timpani Trmbnes ssrted percussin Hrns Tuba Harp Trumpets Clarinets Bassns Flutes Obes 2nd vilins Vilas Duble basses 1st vilins Cells Cnductr Instruments f the rchestra

12 Wrksheet 10 Facts abut the Orchestra Use the terms in the clumn n the right t cmplete the details. Crss ut the answers as yu use them. Use each answer nly nce. Yu may need t use yur dictinary. 1. The art f arranging music fr an rchestra is called n instrumental ensemble - r a number f instruments playing tgether - is called a small rchestra is called a The persn cntrlling the musical perfrmance f the rchestra is called the Chamber Orchestra Instrumentatin Orchestratin Cnductr Symphny Plyphny The cllectin, r ensemble, f instruments chsen t play a particular cmpsitin is called the Vices played tgether, prviding meldies, rhythms and musical texture supprting each ther is called... Research: Find the names f six famus rchestras

13 Wrksheet 11 Odd One Out Circle the instrument name which des nt belng t the same family as the thers 1) Trumpet French hrn Piccl Tuba 2) Timpani Cell Duble bass Vila 3) Obe Castanets Bassn Flute 4) Snare drum Cymbals Xylphne Cr anglais 5) Trmbne Triangle Tuba French hrn 6) Saxphne Harp Vilin Duble bass 7) Bassn Clarinet Timpani Obe 8) Bass drum Bass clarinet Gng Claves 9) Tuba Euphnium Tenr hrn Cell 10) Guitar ccrdin Mandlin Vila

14 Wrksheet 12 EROPHONES ny instrument, if the sund is prduced by means f mving air, is an aerphne. There are lts f different kinds f aerphnes including all wind instruments. Hwever, the term aerphne is nt limited t wind instruments. whip prduces sund by means f mving air. It is an aerphne but nt a wind instrument. siren is als an aerphne but nt a wind instrument. Here is a cllectin f aerphnes. We have scrambled the letters. See if yu can unscramble them and identify the instruments. The instruments used are included in thse listed n the bttm f this page. Gran... Rrredec... Lufte... Mnbert... Swithel... Pagebips... Mirhuman... Rinse... Phiw... Bulge... Crndiac... Pup-ng... Baru-rller... Trnce... Shupnaes... ircan... Maranchi... Pippena... Trincale... Ssnba... Pxashne... Murpett... Mrchurn... Chrrnfhen... Ocarina Tuba Clarinet Recrder lpine hrn Bagpipes Pp-gun Saxphne Rackett Siren Bassn Panpipe Bull-rarer Organ Crumhrn Serpent Whistle Whip Trmbne Ophicleide Harmnium Flute French hrn Psthrn Crnet Bugle Piccl Susaphne Harmnica Trumpet Shawm ccrdin

15 Wrksheet 13 Scrambled Letters Unscramble the letters f these musical instruments PUTREMT RENTLIC NRGTILE _ MORTONEB SBONOS _ RERUMSND _ LIVION LOCEL _ EBOO SLEDBUBOS POLYHOXEN _ MSCBLY _ LONGRCIS BUT ULEFT _ MPINIT _ ROHNNFERCH PHR LIVO _ FRONTIOPE

16 Wrksheet 14 Reed Instruments Many wind instruments depend n a thin, flexible sheet called a reed t prduce a musical sund. Reeds used t be always made f cane. These days they can als be made f ther materials such as plastic, metal and wd. Instruments can single-reed, duble-reed r free-reed. ir flw causes the reed t vibrate. The reed in a single-reed instrument vibrates against anther surface. The reeds in a duble-reed instrument vibrate against each ther. free reed vibrates within its wn space. Use yur library t determine whether the fllwing instruments are reed instruments and whether they are single-reed, duble-reed r free-reed instruments. yes / n single / duble / free reed Bagpipes Bassn Cr anglais Piccl Crumhrn Obe Saxphne Clarinet Harmnica Flute ccrdin Shawm Which reed instruments wuld yu usually expect t find in a symphny rchestra?

17 Wrksheet 15 Instrument Details 1) Name this instrument. 2) T which rchestral family des it belng? 3) Hw is a musical sund prduced n it? 4) Label sme f its parts (as indicated). 1) Name this instrument. 2) T which rchestral family des it belng? 3) Hw is a musical sund prduced n it? 4) Label sme f its parts (as indicated). 1) Name this instrument. 2) T which rchestral family des it belng? 3) Hw is a musical sund prduced n it? 4) Label sme f its parts (as indicated). 1) Name this instrument. 2) T which rchestral family des it belng? 3) Hw is a musical sund prduced n it? 4) Label sme f its parts (as indicated).

18 Wrksheet 16 Membranphnes ny instrument, if the sund is prduced by means f a vibrating membrane, r skin, is a membranphne. Mst drums are membranphnes - and there are lts f different types f drums. We have listed sme f the prperties f varius types f membranphnes. See if yu can label them crrectly frm the fllwing grup f instruments: Frictin drum Timpani Bass drum Cnga drum Tamburine Kaz Bng drums Tambur Kettle drum Snare drum... The membrane f this drum is rubbed with wet fingers r a stick. The Dutch Rmmelpt is ne f these.... ls called a Side Drum Has strings f metal stretched acrss the lwer head. Prduces a rattling sund.... Held in ne hand, played with the ther. Shallw drum f a small size Has lse pairs f metal disks at the side.... Knwn by tw f the abve names. Can be tuned and is used in the rchestra. Usually played in pairs r sets f tw t fur.... They cme frm Cuba. re played in pairs. The players use their hands and fingers t play.... n pen tube with a hle cvered by a membrane. Changes the sund f a persn s vice. Nt a drum.

19 Wrksheet 17 Quick Quiz Name three instruments in the string family Name three instruments in the wdwind family Name three instruments in the brass family Name three instruments in the percussin family Hw is a musical sund made n a flute? Hw is a musical sund made n a tuba? Hw is the pitch changed n a clarinet? Hw is a musical sund made n a trmbne? Hw is the pitch changed n a trmbne? Name tw ways by which musical sunds can be made n a vilin Name tw ways by which the pitch is changed n a trumpet Which is lwer in pitch, the vila r the cell? Name ne part that the timpani and the snare drum have in cmmn Name ne family f instruments usually fund at the back f the rchestra Name the highest pitched wdwind instrument T which family des the cr anglais belng? Name a wdwind instrument that is made f metal Name ne family f instruments usually fund at the frnt f the rchestra Name the lwest pitched brass instrument

20 Wrksheet 18 Chse an Owner Where wuld these instruments be used? Wh wuld use them? Draw lines t match up the musical instrument t its apprpriate user. There culd be several crrect answers, but each instrument must match up t an wner. Rck n Rll grup Dixieland Jazz Band frican musician Latin-merican grup Spanish musician Japanese music Church chir Space mvie music Opera singer Skiffle Band Symphny rchestra Irish band Cuntry music Dance band Turkish players Shaker Castanets Pan pipes Kt Banj Electric guitar Synthesizer Washbard Organ Fiddle Spran vice Saxphne Lute Cell Harmnica

21 Wrksheet 19 What Instrument m I? I belng t the string family. I am held between the knees. My lwest tne is ne ctave lwer than the vila s lwest tne. I am a wdwind instrument. I am held crsswise. My sund is prduced by blwing against the edge f a hle near ne end f me. I belng t the brass family. I have a muthpiece and bell but n valves. I am twice as lng as a trumpet and can slide frm tne t tne. I am a wdwind instrument. I play bright, lively meldies. I lk like a flute but am nly half the size and I sund an ctave higher. We belng t the percussin family. We can be tuned and prduce musical tnes. We are always referred t in the plural; there are always at least tw f us used. I am a duble-reed wdwind instrument. I have the highest vice f the reed instruments. I can be made frm wd, plastic r metal and have three main sectins apart frm my reed. I am a percussin and a stringed instrument. I have a range f mre than seven ctaves. My sund is made by small hammers hitting my strings. I am a brass instrument. I have a muthpiece, valves, crks and a bell. I have the highest vice f all the instruments in the brass family. I am a bass, pitched brass instrument. I d nt have a slide. I have the lngest tube, deepest vice and widest bell f all the brass instruments. I am a duble-reed wdwind instrument. My reed is jined t me by a lng metal tube. I usually play the bass parts in my family, but can als play beautiful meldies.

22 Wrksheet 20 Name the Instrument Draw lines jining the instruments t their names. Metallphne Triangle Harmnica Obe Vibraphne Tamburine Bassn French hrn Bugle Flute Banj Panpipes Ukulele

23 Wrksheet 21 Percussin Instruments Percussin instruments are instruments which make a sund when they are hit r shaken. They can be divided int tw categries. Thse that can be tuned are said t have definite pitch and thse that cannt be tuned have indefinite pitch. See if yu can place these instruments int their prper categries. xylphne cwbells triangle guir bass drum tubular bells vibraphne whip timpani castanets marimba metallphne maracas claves tamburine glckenspiel cymbals wd blck gng snare drum Tuned Percussin Untuned Percussin

24 This is a little tricky! Hidden in this wrd search are the names f instruments fitting the descriptins given belw. WORDSERCH Wrksheet 22 Musical Instruments N I N P M I T G V S Y R O L O C C I P C C G O V O B X Z D W O M H U H I S L B M Y C H I H O S B E L G N I R T C L F B R G E P N I B B X U M L I Q R E N I R U O B M T F T R X B W N T P N W I I V F D Q I L Q O H L R K S G R C E N O B M O R T B G P I P E S X N F T F L U T E E O L L E C 6 strings, lng slender neck Deeper vice than a vila Played with a bw, has 4 strings Russian lute Gemetric shape, percussin Very deep sunding hrn Duble reed, deep vice ls called a muth rgan Single reed, used in jazz String instrument, plucked Has black keys and white keys Small flute Wdwind, ften made f silver Hindu lute Has valves and lts f tubing Brass instrument with slide ls called kettle drums Scttish aerphnes Metal cncussin instruments Small drum with metal discs

25 Wrksheet 23 Tick the crrect answers Piccl is really: a type f recrder a half size flute used t play a guitar tuba has: valves, bell, crks slide, bell, muthpiece reed, bell, keys Cr anglais is: the English hrn the cnductr's batn a string instrument Timpani are: the smallest wdwinds little bells percussin instruments Vilins have: six strings three strings fur strings The trmbne is: a percussin instrument a brass instrument usually made f wd flute is a: wdwind instrument xylphne is a: brass instrument type f drumstick tuned percussin untuned percussin keybard instrument The be is: used fr playing drums trumpet has a: a duble-reed instrument part f a trmbne higher vice than a tuba lwer vice than a tuba keybard instrument The French hrn: is a large English hrn bassn is a: is a lw vice wdwind is brass and has valves lw sunding vilin duble-reed wdwind type f cymbal The cell is: held under the chin made f brass held between the knees The clarinet has: a muthpiece, bell, keys slide, bell, crks valves, pistns, bell bass drum is: untuned percussin tuned percussin nt percussin Cymbals are: made f silver made f brass made f steel The vila is: held under the chin played standing up held between the knees Snare drums are: small timpani part f a xylphne metallic sunding drums

26 Wrksheet 24 LIST Wind Instruments Nte: Wdwind instruments are nt always made f wd. The term cvers instruments which belng t the families f the bassn, clarinet, flute and be. The flute, which is nt made f wd, is termed a wdwind. The saxphne, when it is used in the rchestra, is als called a wdwind. Bass clarinet Bagpipes Baritne Bassn Bugle Clarinet Cntrabassn Cr anglais (English hrn) Crnet Crumhrn Didgerid Euphnium Flagelet Flògel hrn Flute French hrn Harmnica Hrnpipe Obe Ocarina Ophicleide Panpipes Piccl Rackett Recrder Reedpipe Sarusphne Saxphne Serpent Spran saxphne Susaphne Shawm Targat Trmbne Trumpet Tuba Whistle Stringed Instruments Balalaika Banj Cell Chitarrne Cittern Duble bass Dulcimer Electric guitar Guitar Harp Hawaiian Guitar Hurdy-gurdy Kit Lute Lyre Mandlin Sitar Therb Ukulele Vina Vilin Vila Zither Keybard Instruments Pian Harpsichrd Celesta Clavichrd Pipe Organ Theatre rgan Synthesizer Other Instruments ccrdin Bull rarer Cimbaln Cncertina Dulcimer Jews Harp Rmmelpt Sansa Zambmba Percussin Instruments (als Cncussin Instr) nvil Bamb chimes Bass drum Bell chimes Bng drums Castanets Chains Chimes Claves Cnga drum Cwbells Cymbals Glass chimes Glckenspiel Gng Guir Hand bells High hat Maracas Marimba Metallphne Rattle Shekeree Sleigh bells Slit drum Snare drum Steel drum Tambur Tamburine Temple blcks Timbales Timpani Tm tm Triangle Tubular bells Vibraphne Washbard Whip Wdblck Xylphne

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