Arts and media
Instruments in the Orchestra
Strings, brass, and everything you hit or blow.
- Teens and up
- Medium · B1
- 14 words
The words
Every word in this set, with what it means. Tap a word to hear it.
- guitar
- an instrument with strings that you strum
- triangle
- a shape with three sides
- bell
- a metal cup that rings when you shake it
- string
- thin cord used for tying things
- piano
- a large instrument played by pressing black and white keys
- flute
- a long thin instrument you blow across to play
- tambourine
- a small drum with metal discs that jingle when shaken
- harp
- a large upright instrument with many strings, plucked by hand
- gong
- a large metal disc struck to make a deep booming sound
- cymbal
- a round brass plate struck to make a ringing crash
- clarinet
- a straight black woodwind instrument with a single reed
- cello
- a large stringed instrument held between the knees
- bongo
- a small drum played with the hands, usually in a pair
- bassoon
- a long wooden wind instrument with a deep sound
