The Orchestra
Across
- 1. Played with the instrument between your legs.
- 4. String instruments often use this to create the sound.
- 8. This means 'to pluck' in Italian.
- 11. About 20% larger than a violin.
- 12. A large percussion instument with suspended chimes.
- 16. Although it has strings, it is actually a percussion instrument.
- 17. The smallest woodwind instrument.
- 20. A trombone is a member of this family.
- 21. A brass instrument that requires the player to place his/her hand in the bell.
- 22. These instruments are hit, struck or shaken.
- 23. Uses a single feed to create the sound.
Down
- 2. A small woodwind instrument that has two reeds.
- 3. The smallest String instrument.
- 5. The flute is a member of this family.
- 6. The smallest brass instrument.
- 7. The harp is from this family.
- 9. This person leads the entire orchestra.
- 10. this string instrument is the largest.
- 12. A small hand drum with metal discs around it.
- 13. A trombone uses this to change sound from one note to another.
- 14. The largest Woodwind instrument.
- 15. These large drums are sometimes called timpani.
- 18. A three-sided percussion instrument.
- 19. A large metal disc that is struck by a mallet.