You are attending the “Family Reunion” of all the instrument families - can you find commonalities between their members?
Just like you resemble your parents and siblings somehow, most of the instruments of the same family look and sound similar to a certain extend. That is why, we will focus only on one representative or “ambassador” per instrument family and find out a little more about them.
The String
Family
The Woodwind
Family
The Brass
Family
The Percussion
Family
Practice identifying instruments by look.
Practice identifying instruments by sound:
And here are a lot of links to practice identifying instruments by ear, enjoy!
(some of the sites require “Adobe Flash” and might not work with your cell phone)
English: YouTube-Movie-Website-Quiz (you can work alone) - iPad ✓
English: Music-Tech-Teacher-Instrument Identification (work with partner who will quiz you) - iPad x
French: Reconnaissance d'instruments (you can work alone) - iPad ✓
French: Les Instruments du Monde (work with partner who will quiz you) - iPad ✓
German: WDR Klangkiste (work with partner who will quiz you) - iPad ✓
German: Instrumente erraten mit deutscher Website (you can work alone) - iPad x
Identify the instruments /instrument families.
You can work alone (instrument names are in English).
You can work alone (website and instrument names are in French).
You can work alone (website and instrument names are in English).
You can work alone (website and instrument names are in English).