Name: _________________

Classifying Instruments

String Instruments 4, 6, or 12 strings. How to play:

a. With a bowb. Plucking with fingersc. Strumming with fingers or

pickExample:

Violin Guitar

Woodwind Instruments Wind instruments that look like a

tube with holes. Buttons are covered with either

fingers or valves. Made of plastic, metal, or wood. Mouth piece is made of reeds or

a narrow air stream.

Example:

Recorder

Brass Instruments Wind instruments made of metal Bell on the end Middle second made of tubes Mouth piece looks like a cup or

funnel

Example:

Trombone

Percussion Instruments Instruments that are played by

a. Strikingb. Beatingc. Scrapingd. Shaking

Wide variety of instruments

Example:

Bongo Drums Piano

Practice

Draw your own woodwind instrument Draw your own percussion instrument

Draw your own string instrument Draw your own brass instrument

On the following page:

1. Circle the string instruments in blue pencil crayon.2. Circle the woodwind instruments in red pencil crayon.3. Circle the brass instruments in green pencil crayon.4. Circle the percussion instruments in purple pencil crayon.

French Horn

Harp

Xylophone Violin

Cello Tuba

Clarinet Piano

Saxophone Triangle

Guitar

Flute

Bongo Drums Recorder Trombone Bass

Oboe Flugelhorn

Tambourine Trumpet