Orchestral Instruments Grade 5

Harp - plays from music arranged on two staves like the piano. Strings are plucked and pedals or levers are used to change the pitch of the strings

Small type of flue. It uses the treble clef and sounds an octave higher than its written notes

Also known as the English Horn, it is closely related to the oboe. It uses the treble clef and is a transposing instrument.

Vertical metal bars struck with one or two small hammers

Horizontal wooden bars arranged like a piano keyboard and usually struck with hard beaters.

Like the xylophone but larger with a more mellow sound - usually struck with soft beaters.

Horizontal metal bars arranged like a piano and struck by beaters.

Similar to a glockenspiel, it produces a softer sound when the metal bars are struck. It contains a motor to add vibration to the sound.

Looks like a piano but contains metal bars rather than strings. It produces a bell-like sound.

Hit or shaken by the hand with small cymbal like discs around its outer edge. Sometimes has a skin or membrane.

Two small discs of wood hit together with the fingers. Originates from Spain.

A large gong hti with a beater

Triangular metal instrument hit with a metal beater.