Instruments of the Orchestra

1.This Italian instruction in a score tells a string player to pluck the strings with the fingers instead of using the bow.

2.This large double-reed woodwind instrument, the lowest of its family, is nicknamed the clown of the orchestra.

3.This double-reed woodwind instrument traditionally sounds the note the rest of the orchestra tunes to.

4.This is the section of an orchestra that the timpani, the snare drum and the cymbals belong to.

5.This brass instrument changes pitch with a sliding tube instead of valves.