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** Research basic facts about instruments of the orchestra. **

1. Names of the families 2. Names of the instruments in each family. 3. Picture of each instrument. 4. What each instrument is made of. 5. How each is played. 6. Describe what each instrument sounds like and find an audio or video clip of each. 7. At least 2 interesting facts about each instrument.

May create a web page, wiki page, knowledge map, Ebook, Powerpoint presentation, paper notebook, or complete instrument study books.


 * Use these websites to research each instrument.**

[|The Music Room] [|San Francisco Kids] [|NY Philharmonic Kids] [|Learn About Instruments] [|DSO Kids] [|Oregon Symphony] [|Play Music] [|BSO Kids] [|Simple English Wikipedia] [|Wikipedia] [|FlickrCC (free, legal pictures)]

**Answer the questions below for each instrument.**

**Violin**

 * Picture [|http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~mriordan/websiteimages/Violin_Player_For_Weddings.jpg]**
 * What is it made of-wood and string**


 * How is it played by a bow**


 * Describe its sound.** a low bee sound


 * Web address where it can be heard. []**

**Viola**
[] **What is it made of?**wood and metal strings
 * Picture:**


 * How is it played?**by a bow


 * At least 2 interesting facts.**that the strings are metal and that it could be played in a band orchrestra or in any music group


 * Describe its sound.**a stronger sound then the violin


 * Web address where it can be heard.** []


 * Picture:**[]
 * What is it made of?**wood and metal strings


 * How is it played?** by a bow


 * At least 2 interesting facts.**that it is the tenor voice of the string family and it is held between the players knees


 * Describe its sound.**a deep humm


 * Web address where it can be heard.**[]

**Bass**

 * Picture:**[]
 * What is it made of?**wood and metal strings


 * How is it played?**by bow


 * At least 2 interesting facts.** it can be played by your finger two it is the largest and lowest instrument in the string family


 * Describe its sound.**it sounds like a low deep horn


 * Web address where it can be heard** []

**Flute**

 * Picture:**[]
 * What is it made of?**metal or wood


 * How is it played?**by the wind of your breath


 * At least 2 interesting facts.**it is two feet of length the flute is a color of silver or gold now


 * Describe its sound.**like you are whistling


 * Web address where it can be heard** []

**Oboe**

 * Picture:**http://slosymphony.com/Library/images/symphony_kids/etudesinstruments/23oboe.jpg
 * What is it made of?**wood


 * How is it played?**by the wind of your breath


 * At least 2 interesting facts.**the oboe is similar to the clarinet and that they are wood and have metal keys


 * Describe its sound.**a deeper whistle


 * Web address where it can be heard** []

**Clarinet**

 * Picture:**http://www.u.arizona.edu/~yshigena/clarinet.jpg
 * What is it made of?**wood and metal


 * How is it played?by the wind of your breath**


 * At least 2 interesting facts.** that its similar to the oboe and it have metal keys


 * Describe its sound.**a n sound


 * Web address where it can be heard** []

Bassoon

 * Picture:** . ````http://www.skysun.co.za/musical_instruments/images/bassoon.gif


 * What is it made of wood**


 * How is it played?**by the wind of you breath


 * At least 2 interesting facts.**its eight feet tall the bassoon is a large double reed instrument


 * Describe its sound.**fart


 * Web address where it can be heard** []

**Saxophone**

 * Picture:** http://www.dsokids.com/public/Instruments/photo160sax.jpg


 * What is it made of?**brass


 * How is it played?**your breath


 * At least 2 interesting facts.**it is the only woodwind instrument made of brass it vibrates when you blowin it


 * Describe its sound.**a e sound


 * Web address where it can be heard** []

**Trumpet**

 * Picture:** .http://www.dsokids.com/public/Instruments/photo160tpt.jpg


 * What is it made of?**brass


 * How is it played?**by your breath


 * At least 2 interesting facts.**its about 6 1/2 feet of tubing bent into a oblong shape the trumpet is the highest sound of the brass family


 * Describe its sound.**whoppy cushion


 * Web address where it can be heard.**[]

**French Horn**

 * Picture:**http://www.dsokids.com/public/Instruments/photo160horn.jpg


 * What is it made of?**brass


 * How is it played?** by blowing threw the tube


 * At least 2 interesting facts.** they use about 12 feet of narrow tubing wound into a circle the higher the sound and the longer the tubing length


 * Describe its sound.**R sound


 * Web address where it can be heard.**[]

**Trombone**

 * Picture:** http://www.dsokids.com/public/Instruments/photo160tbn.jpg


 * What is it made of?**brass


 * How is it played?**by your breath of your mouth


 * At least 2 interesting facts.**it is the only one that dont uses keys its about 9 feet of tubing


 * Describe its sound.**the instrument is more mellow then the trumpet


 * Web address where it can be heard.**[]

**Tuba**

 * Picture:** http://www.dsokids.com/public/Instruments/photo160tuba.jpg
 * What is it made of?**brass

by the keys and your breath
 * How is it played?**
 * At least 2 interesting facts.**


 * Describe its sound.**a boat horn


 * Web address where it can be heard** []

Percussion Family
http://www.dsokids.com/public/Instruments/photo160snare.jpg
 * What is it made of?**its made of calf skin and wood and plastic


 * How is it played?**by sticks


 * At least 2 interesting facts.**they ancestors are Africa Asia that the percussion is tune or untuned


 * Describe its sound.**a taping rain sound


 * Web address where it can be heard.** []

**Bass Drum**

 * Picture:** http://www.dsokids.com/public/Instruments/photo160bassdrum.jpg
 * What is it made of?**plastic and wood

by sticks
 * How is it played?**
 * At least 2 interesting facts.**the percussion is an international family and it provides variety and rythm


 * Describe its sound.**bomb sound


 * Web address where it can be heard.**[]

**Timpani**

 * Picture:** http://www.dsokids.com/public/Instruments/photo160timp.jpg
 * What is it made of?**metal and plastic


 * How is it played?**by being struked


 * At least 2 interesting facts.**its the largest instrument in the percussion family and its the deepest sound


 * Describe its sound.**bomb sound but deeper then bass drum

[]
 * Web address where it can be heard.**

**Cymbals**
brass
 * Picture:** http://www.dsokids.com/public/Instruments/photo160cymbals.jpg
 * What is it made of?**
 * How is it played?**by being hit


 * At least 2 interesting facts.**they are made from two concave brass plates in the orchestra it provides a variety of rythm


 * Describe its sound.**pots droping


 * Web address where it can be heard** []