The Musical Instruments Game |
Try to guess the instrument correctly and advance to the next set!
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Which of these is a drum?
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Which of these is a guitar?
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Which of these is a harp?
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Which of these is a trumpet?
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Which of these is a timpani?
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Which of these is a saxophone?
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Did you know? |
| Bass: The bass is the largest member of the violin family of instruments, and plays the lowest-sounding
range of sounds. |
| Drum: A drum is usually consisting of a hollow cylinder with a thin layer
of animal skin or plastic stretched over one or both ends. When the end is hit with a stick or with
the hands, it creates the sound. |
| Flute: A flute is a long, hollow cylinder with numerous holes. The sound is created
when one blows air into a hole at the end, and different sounds can be made by covering some of the holes
with your fingers. |
| Gong: A gong is a metallic disk that makes a deep ringing sound when struck. |
| Guitar: A stringed instrument with a flat body, a long neck, and usually six strings
that are plucked or strummed with the fingers or with a pick. |
| Harmonica: A harmonica is held in the hands and makes sounds by metal reeds inside which vibrate when
air is blown or drawn past them. |
| Harp: A harp has strings stretched across a large open triangular frame and that is plucked with the fingers. |
| French Horn: The French Horn is a circular brass instrument with a large opening at one end and a mouthpiece shaped like a small funnel. |
| Kazoo: A toy musical instrument which creates a buzzing tone when one hums into the mouth hole. |
| Piano: A piano is built with a frame that holds steel wire strings that
make sounds when struck by felt-covered hammers which are operated from the keyboard. |
| Saxophone: An instrument consisting of a usually curved metal tube with finger keys and a wood reed mouthpiece,
named for Antoine "Adolph" Sax (1814-1894), a Belgian maker of musical instruments. |
| Sitar: A stringed instrument of India made of seasoned gourds and wood. |
| Tambourine: A shallow drum with one head and loose metal disks on the sides that is played by shaking
or striking with the hand. |
| Timpani: While the picture above only shows one drum, the word "timpani" refers to 2 or more "kettle" drums which
consist of a hollow brass, copper, or fiberglass hemisphere with a calfskin or plastic head whose tension can be changed
to vary the sounds. |
| Triangle: An instrument made of a steel rod bent into a triangle open at one corner which is played by striking
with a metal rod. |
| Trumpet: An instrument consisting of a long cylindrical metal tube commonly once or twice curved and ending in a bell. |
| Violin: A stringed instrument with four strings that is usually held against the shoulder under the chin and played with a bow. |
