1. A Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
By Benjamin Britten

2. Last week we studied Benjamin Britten’s
A Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

3. We met Violet and Uncle Ollie

4. Violet introduced us to the orchestra!

5. Each Instrument of the Orchestra is represented in this musical piece.
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

6. We learned about the Woodwinds!

7. We learned about the Strings!

8. The Brass Instruments!

9. And the Percussion!

10. The circled character represents the ____ family.v
The circled character represents the ____ family.
Woodwinds
Strings
Brass
Percussion

11. The circled character represents the ____ family.v
The circled character represents the ____ family.
Woodwinds
Strings
Brass
Percussion

12. The circled character represents the ____ family.v
The circled character represents the ____ family.
Woodwinds
Strings
Brass
Percussion

13. The circled character represents the ____ family.v
Woodwinds
Strings
Brass
Percussion

14. Name this family of instruments
Strings
Brass
Woodwinds
Percussion

15. The flute and the piccolo are the only instruments in the orchestra that are side blown and is played similar to…
A piece of grass
A drinking straw
A can
A bottle

16. The oboe uses a reed to produce sound. It is a
Single Reed
Double Reed

17. The more holes we cover on a woodwind instrument makes the instrument go
Clarinet
Lower
Higher

18. The Bassoon has 4 parts. If stretched out it would be around
4 foot long
6 foot long
8 foot long

19. Name this family of instruments…
Woodwinds
Strings
Brass
Percussion

20. Select the lowest sounding Brass Family Instrument
French Horn
Trombone
Trumpet
Tuba

21. What is one unusual fact about the French horn?
It is made brass
It has a mouthpiece
The player cups his/her hand in the bell to shade the sound.
It’s very loud

22. The trombone changes length, goes higher and lower, by changing its
Slide
Bell
Mouthpiece
Clothes

23. The trumpet plays the highest notes in the brass family.
True
False

24. Name this family of instruments…
Woodwinds
Strings
Brass
Percussion

25. The violin is the lowest sounding instrument in the string family.
True
False

26. The viola looks and is shaped exactly like the violin except
The viola has more strings
The viola is slightly larger
The viola has two bows
The viola is played standing up

27. The longer the string the ____ it sounds
cello
Lower
Higher

28. The string bass is the _____ of the string instruments
Highest
Lowest

29. The harp has 47 strings.
True
False

30. Name this family of instruments…
Woodwinds
Strings
Brass
Percussion

31. The snare drum has a membrane is non-pitched.
True
False

32. The Xylophone is a pitched percussion instrument.
True
False

33. The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
Introduction
Ending Fugue