Instrument Familes & Ensembles

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Across
  1. 2. What do you have to do to produce a sound on a brass instrument?
  2. 5. A woodwind instrument that you blow into a whistle-like mouthpiece to produce sound, normally used in elementary music
  3. 7. The lowest pitched brass instrument
  4. 8. This string instrument is slightly larger than the violin
  5. 9. The string instrument that you have to hold in between your knees to play
  6. 13. The highest pitched string instrument in the orchestra
  7. 14. The highest pitched brass instrument
  8. 16. A single reed instrument that is commonly used in jazz music
  9. 18. an organized group of singers, typically one that takes part in church services or performs regularly in public
  10. 20. The brass instrument that uses a slide
  11. 21. A smaller, higher pitched version of the flute
  12. 22. A Woodwind instrument that is held to the side & is played by blowing across the mouthpiece
Down
  1. 1. a group of musicians who play jazz. They perform written music, but also rely on sections of improvisation
  2. 2. A double reed woodwind that is lower pitched
  3. 3. These ensembles play the background music for musicals, and get their name from how they perform off of the stage (sometimes they play from under the stage).
  4. 4. A single reed instrument that has tone holes & is normally black
  5. 6. a group of musicians who play instruments while marching, typically in a parade or at a sports event.
  6. 10. a group of instrumentalists, especially one combining string, woodwind, brass, and percussion sections and playing classical music.
  7. 11. a relatively large group of brass, woodwind, and percussion players that performs in a concert hall
  8. 12. The brass instrument that you can put your hand in while playing
  9. 15. Bass The lowest pitched string instrument in the orchestra
  10. 17. A smaller version of the tuba
  11. 19. A double reed woodwind that is higher pitched