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4. The name of the family of instruments that include the trumpet, trombone,
French horn and tuba.
6. This instrument uses a slide to change pitches.
8. The highest pitched instrument of the Brass Family; also the smallest.
10. Two, round, flat pieces of brass, hit together to make a crashing sound.
11. These instruments make a shaking sound; they look and sound like rattles.
14. Used by Spanish dancers; they make a clicking sound.
15. This is a 3-sided metal instrument that is struck with a metal stick.
16. A trombone player uses this to change pitches.
17. Trumpet players use this to change pitches.
18. Single-headed drum with jingles; you can shake it or hit it.

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1. Small wooden box hit with a stick.

2. Large round drum with a very low sound.
3. Large, round Oriental-sounding instrument that you hit with a mallet.
4. The large end of a brass instrument.
5. A set of small metal bars that are struck with mallets; makes a bell-like sound.
7. This instrument is played with your hand in the bell.
8. The lowest pitched instrument of the Brass Family; also the largest.
9. The name of the family of instruments that are played by beating or shaking
them.
10. Looks like a small organ or piano; makes a bell-like sound.
12. Small drum that is struck with two wooden sticks; there is a set of metal wires
stretched across the bottom.
13. Large kettle-like drum; can change pitches by use of pedals.

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BASS DRUM BELL BRASS

CASTANETS CELESTA CYMBALS
FRENCH HORN GONG MARACAS
ORCHESTRA BELLS PERCUSSION SLIDE
SNARE DRUM TAMBOURINE TIMPANI
TRIANGLE TROMBONE TRUMPET
TUBA VALVE WOODBLOCK
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T R U M P E T C N P

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C Y M B A L S R H C

E M A R A C A S O U

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 STRING & WOODWIND CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1. The name of the family of instruments that include the violin, viola, cello, double bass and harp.
2. The single-reed instrument that is black and is the most popular woodwind instrument.
3. The name of the family of instruments that were once all made of wood; most of these
instruments have reeds that vibrate to help produce sounds.
4. The instrument that can play the lowest note of any instrument in the symphony orchestra.
5. The woodwind instrument that is made of brass.
6. The instrument that looks like a violin but is a little larger.
7. The string instrument that one has to stand to play; plays the lowest note of the string
instruments.
8. Used by the woodwind instruments to produce vibrations; some instruments
use a single one and others use double ones.
9. Looks like a large oboe but has a pear-shaped bulb at the end; it got its
name by a spelling mistake.

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2. The string instrument that one holds between the knees to play.
6. The smallest of the string instruments; there are more of these in the symphony
orchestra than any other single instrument.
10. This is the instrument of the woodwind family that all the members of an orchestra tune to.
11. Large clarinet; plays an octave lower than the clarinet.
12. This woodwind instrument has a bird-like sound; it is played by blowing into an open hole
and is held horizontally.
13. The smallest and highest sounding instrument in the entire symphony orchestra.
14. This woodwind instrument would be 8 feet long if unbent; it is a double reed instrument
and has more keys than any other instrument.
15. The number of strings on the violin, viola, cello and double bass.
16. This string instrument has 47 strings and 7 pedals; it makes beautiful, “heavenly” music.

WORD LIST

BASS CLARINET BASSOON CELLO CLARINET

CONTRA BASSOON DOUBLE BASS ENGLISH HORN FLUTE
FOUR HARP OBOE PICCOLO
REED SAXOPHONE STRING VIOLA
VIOLIN WOODWIND

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L L

C O N T R A B A S S O O N

S A X O P H O N E

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L V I O L A

D O U B L E B A S S I R E E D

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C L A R I N E T Q W E R T Y U I O P A S V D F
G H J K L Z X P C V M B N M Q W E R T Y I U I
O P A S D F I G S N A R E D R U M T H J O K L
K Z X C V C B N M Q R W E R T Y U I I O L P A
C S D F C G H J K L A Z X C V B N M M Q I W E
O R T O Y U I O P A C S D S A X O P H O N E F
L G L H J K L Z X C A V B N M Q W A E R T Y U
B O I O P A S D F G S H J K A L Z N X C V B N
D C V B B N F T M Q W E R B T Y U I I O P A S
O D F A G H J R K L Z X U C V B N M Q W E R T
O Y U S I O P U E A S T D F G T R I A N G L E
W H J S K L Z M X N C V B N M Q W E R T Y U N
I O P C A S D P F G C H J K L Z X C V B H N O
V I O L A P O E I U A H Y T R E W Q L A K J B
H H G A F D D T S A S M H N B V C X R X Z P M
O I U R Y T R E W Q T L K O J H G P F D S A O
M N B I V C X Z P O A I U Y R E W Q L K J H R
E W Q N L K J H G F N P O I U N C Y T R E W T
M N B E V C X Z O T E O B O R E O J H G F D S
F L U T E M N B V C T X Z L K J N C H G F F D
P O I U Y P E R C U S S I O N T T R E J H G F
P O L K J H G C C U Y M K G D R R I K L R E M
B A S S D R U M W Y J I R O V B A W E K L D S
R A K U H T H F B E M D J S S A B E L B U O D
U T S I K H F B D G L B O T U R A N D R E K W
C G O S T E R T J O U T A I K R S E N L O P E
P O I T O R E W Q L K J H L G U S T R I N G S
M O R W O O D W I N D U J D S G O S H I P L S
K I M T O L N D F G U K V C B N O I G T U I A
C H I L R E F H J D K O U H I F N H O P L E R
R A T E N G L I S H H O R N T K I K N M A D B
T A M B O U R I N E Y U R E N G L I G D F O T

BASS CLARINET BASS DRUM BASSOON BRASS

CASTANETS CELLO CLARINET CONTRA BASSOON
CYMBALS DOUBLE BASS ENGLISH HORN FLUTE
FRENCH HORN GONG HARP MARACAS
OBOE PERCUSSION PICCOLO SAXOPHONE
SNARE DRUM STRING TAMBOURINE TIMPANI
TRIANGLE TROMBONE TRUMPET TUBA
VIOLA VIOLIN WOOD BLOCK WOODWIND

NAME _____________________________________________________

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 SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA WORD SEARCH
C L A R I N E T Q W E R T Y U I O P A S V D F
G H J K L Z X P C V M B N M Q W E R T Y I U I
O P A S D F I G S N A R E D R U M T H J O K L
K Z X C V C B N M Q R W E R T Y U I I O L P A
C S D F C G H J K L A Z X C V B N M M Q I W E
O R T O Y U I O P A C S D S A X O P H O N E F
L G L H J K L Z X C A V B N M Q W A E R T Y U
B O I O P A S D F G S H J K A L Z N X C V B N
D C V B B N F T M Q W E R B T Y U I I O P A S
O D F A G H J R K L Z X U C V B N M Q W E R T
O Y U S I O P U E A S T D F G T R I A N G L E
W H J S K L Z M X N C V B N M Q W E R T Y U N
I O P C A S D P F G C H J K L Z X C V B H N O
V I O L A P O E I U A H Y T R E W Q L A K J B
H H G A F D D T S A S M H N B V C X R X Z P M
O I U R Y T R E W Q T L K O J H G P F D S A O
M N B I V C X Z P O A I U Y R E W Q L K J H R
E W Q N L K J H G F N P O I U N C Y T R E W T
M N B E V C X Z O T E O B O R E O J H G F D S
F L U T E M N B V C T X Z L K J N C H G F F D
P O I U Y P E R C U S S I O N T T R E J H G F
P O L K J H G C C U Y M K G D R R I K L R E M
B A S S D R U M W Y J I R O V B A W E K L D S
R A K U H T H F B E M D J S S A B E L B U O D
U T S I K H F B D G L B O T U R A N D R E K W
C G O S T E R T J O U T A I K R S E N L O P E
P O I T O R E W Q L K J H L G U S T R I N G S
M O R W O O D W I N D U J D S G O S H I P L S
K I M T O L N D F G U K V C B N O I G T U I A
C H I L R E F H J D K O U H I F N H O P L E R
R A T E N G L I S H H O R N T K I K N M A D B
T A M B O U R I N E Y U R E N G L I G D F O T

BASS CLARINET BASS DRUM BASSOON BRASS

CASTANETS CELLO CLARINET CONTRA BASSOON
CYMBALS DOUBLE BASS ENGLISH HORN FLUTE
FRENCH HORN GONG HARP MARACAS
OBOE PERCUSSION PICCOLO SAXOPHONE
SNARE DRUM STRING TAMBOURINE TIMPANI
TRIANGLE TROMBONE TRUMPET TUBA
VIOLA VIOLIN WOOD BLOCK WOODWIND

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