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urricullum ex
xtra Unit 5
Foc
cus on MMusic: Ins
struments in an 2 Complete the table wiith the instrruments from
m
exercise 1.
orc
chestra
Sections of aan orchestra
a
1 Label the pic
ctures with the
t words. String
gs Woodw
wind
bassoon ce ello clarinet cymbals drums
d
flute trom
mbone trump pet tuba violin ________
____ _______
_____
________
____ _______
_____
_______
_____

Brass
s Percus
ssion

________
____ _______
_____
1 __________
_____ 2 _________
______
________
____ _______
_____
________
____

3 Underline the odd onee out.

1 clarinet flute basssoon double e bass
2 strings castanets brass woodwind
3 viola cello
c doublee bass piano
o
4 musiciaan conductoor oboe pia anist
3 __________
_____ 4 _________
______
5 percusssion tromboone tuba trrumpet
6 cymbals s castanetss drums ha arp

4 What can you remem ber about th

he instrumeents
in a symph
hony orchesstra? Choos
se the corre
ect
option.
1 There are
a usually 500–60 / 75–90 0 musicians in a
full sym
mphony orcheestra.
2 The strings are at thhe front / at the back off the
5 __________
_____ 6 _________
______ orchestra.
3 The celllo / double bass is the biggest
b
instrument in the strrings sectionn.
4 The cas stanets / flu
utes are the smallest
s
instruments in the wwoodwind section.
5 The obo oe belongs inn the woodw wind / brass
section.
6 A trombbone is / isn’’t next to a French
F horn in
i the
7 __________
_____ 8 _________
______ orchestra.
7 A tuba is bigger / s maller than a trumpet.
8 The larggest section of the orchestra is the
woodw wind / stringss section.

9 __________
_____ 10 ________
_______