Prepared by

Mrs. Autry
Devers School
Fort Bragg, N.C.
Is the largest family in actual
numbers
Has four members
Each has four strings
Are bowed or plucked
Bowed

Plucked
Violin Viola

Cello
String Bass
 Four members

Common ancestor is the animal horn

Are played by blowing while buzzing lips
Trumpet
French Horn
Trombone Tuba
 All of the members are or once were,
made of wood
Most of them use reeds on the mouthpiece
The clarinet, oboe and bassoon are wind instruments
that sound when the player's breath causes a reed (a
thin blade of cane) to vibrate, thereby setting up a
sound wave in an enclosed air column.
Flute

Clarinet
Oboe

Bassoon
 Some are pitched
Some are unpitched
Percussion instruments may be
played one of three ways:
Struck
Shaken
Scraped
 Pitched instruments

Xylophone
or Bells
Piano
 Unpitched instruments

Cymbals

Bongos Sleigh Bells

Bass Drum and Snare Drum
are STRUCK
Tambourine and Maracas
are SHAKEN
Guiro and Sand Blocks are
played by SCRAPING
Can you name the instruments?
What instrument family do
they belong to?
 Can you name the instruments?

What instrument family do they belong to?

 Can you name the instruments?
What instrument family do they belong to?
 Can you name the instruments?
Are they pitched or unpitched?
What family do these instruments belong to?
 Can you name the instruments?
Are they pitched or unpitched?
What family do these instruments belong to?