{
 "source": "https://peabody.kids/flashcards/music-instrument-families",
 "id": "music-instrument-families",
 "title": "Instruments by Family",
 "category": "arts-music",
 "subject": "Music",
 "levels": [
  "k-2",
  "3-5",
  "6-8"
 ],
 "description": "Which orchestra family each instrument belongs to and how it makes sound.",
 "tags": [
  "instruments",
  "orchestra",
  "families"
 ],
 "frontLabel": "Instrument",
 "backLabel": "Family",
 "cards": [
  [
   "Violin",
   "Strings",
   "The smallest and highest of the bowed strings"
  ],
  [
   "Viola",
   "Strings"
  ],
  [
   "Cello",
   "Strings"
  ],
  [
   "Double bass",
   "Strings",
   "The largest and lowest string instrument"
  ],
  [
   "Harp",
   "Strings",
   "Plucked, with 47 strings on a concert harp"
  ],
  [
   "Guitar",
   "Strings (plucked)"
  ],
  [
   "Banjo",
   "Strings (plucked)"
  ],
  [
   "Ukulele",
   "Strings (plucked)"
  ],
  [
   "Mandolin",
   "Strings (plucked)"
  ],
  [
   "Flute",
   "Woodwind"
  ],
  [
   "Piccolo",
   "Woodwind",
   "A small flute that sounds higher"
  ],
  [
   "Oboe",
   "Woodwind (double reed)"
  ],
  [
   "English horn",
   "Woodwind (double reed)",
   "Neither English nor a horn"
  ],
  [
   "Clarinet",
   "Woodwind (single reed)"
  ],
  [
   "Bassoon",
   "Woodwind (double reed)"
  ],
  [
   "Contrabassoon",
   "Woodwind (double reed)",
   "Lowest orchestral woodwind"
  ],
  [
   "Saxophone",
   "Woodwind (single reed)",
   "Made of brass but played with a reed"
  ],
  [
   "Recorder",
   "Woodwind (fipple flute)"
  ],
  [
   "Trumpet",
   "Brass"
  ],
  [
   "Trombone",
   "Brass",
   "Uses a slide"
  ],
  [
   "French horn",
   "Brass"
  ],
  [
   "Tuba",
   "Brass",
   "The lowest brass instrument"
  ],
  [
   "Cornet",
   "Brass"
  ],
  [
   "Euphonium",
   "Brass"
  ],
  [
   "Bugle",
   "Brass"
  ],
  [
   "Snare drum",
   "Percussion"
  ],
  [
   "Bass drum",
   "Percussion"
  ],
  [
   "Timpani",
   "Percussion",
   "Kettle drums that can be tuned"
  ],
  [
   "Cymbals",
   "Percussion"
  ],
  [
   "Triangle",
   "Percussion"
  ],
  [
   "Tambourine",
   "Percussion"
  ],
  [
   "Xylophone",
   "Percussion (tuned wooden bars)"
  ],
  [
   "Marimba",
   "Percussion (tuned wooden bars)"
  ],
  [
   "Glockenspiel",
   "Percussion (tuned metal bars)"
  ],
  [
   "Vibraphone",
   "Percussion (tuned metal bars with motors)"
  ],
  [
   "Maracas",
   "Percussion"
  ],
  [
   "Castanets",
   "Percussion"
  ],
  [
   "Gong",
   "Percussion"
  ],
  [
   "Tubular bells",
   "Percussion"
  ],
  [
   "Piano",
   "Keyboard (struck strings)",
   "Sometimes counted with percussion"
  ],
  [
   "Organ",
   "Keyboard (pipes or electronic)"
  ],
  [
   "Harpsichord",
   "Keyboard (plucked strings)"
  ],
  [
   "Celesta",
   "Keyboard (hammers hit metal plates)"
  ],
  [
   "Synthesizer",
   "Electronic keyboard"
  ],
  [
   "Which family makes sound by bowing, plucking or strumming strings?",
   "Strings"
  ],
  [
   "Which family makes sound by blowing across or into a reed or opening?",
   "Woodwinds"
  ],
  [
   "Which family makes sound by buzzing lips into a mouthpiece?",
   "Brass"
  ],
  [
   "Which family makes sound by striking, shaking or scraping?",
   "Percussion"
  ],
  [
   "How many instrument families are in a standard orchestra?",
   "Four: strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion"
  ],
  [
   "Which string instrument is played while standing and is the biggest?",
   "Double bass"
  ],
  [
   "Which brass instrument has a slide?",
   "Trombone"
  ],
  [
   "Which woodwind has no reed?",
   "Flute"
  ],
  [
   "What makes a woodwind's sound?",
   "Air vibrating across an edge or reed"
  ],
  [
   "Bagpipes",
   "Woodwind (reed pipes with an air bag)"
  ],
  [
   "Harmonica",
   "Free reed instrument"
  ],
  [
   "Accordion",
   "Free reed instrument with bellows"
  ],
  [
   "Didgeridoo",
   "Wind instrument from Aboriginal Australia"
  ],
  [
   "Sitar",
   "Plucked string instrument from India"
  ],
  [
   "Steel drum",
   "Percussion from Trinidad and Tobago"
  ],
  [
   "Koto",
   "Plucked string instrument from Japan"
  ],
  [
   "Djembe",
   "Hand drum from West Africa"
  ],
  [
   "Bongos",
   "Pair of small hand drums"
  ],
  [
   "Pan flute",
   "Wind instrument made of tubes of different lengths"
  ]
 ]
}