Music

2. the oldest of all instruments that produce pitched sounds and was originally made from wood, stone, clay or hollow reeds like bamboo
4. percussion instrument consisting of a circular flat or concave metal plate that is struck with a drumstick or is used in pairs struck glancingly together
5. usually played with a pair of large felt-headed sticks, or beaters
8. could easily be mistaken for an oboe
10. joined the orchestra nearly 200 years ago. It has two calfskin or plastic drumheads stretched tightly over a hollow metal frame.
11. the form of a metal plate usually made of brass or bronze

1. percussion instrument of the clapper family, consisting of two hollowed-out pear-shaped pieces of hardwood, ivory, or other substance
3. a musical instrument in the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles
6. they produce a wide range of pitches, from haunting sounds to warm, velvety smooth notes
7. imitate birds in their music, a theme that continued in 20th-century music
9. a long pipe, doubled in half, made of wood, with many keys