The thin pointed stick a conductor uses to conduct.

A high-pitched shiny metal tube with keys. The musician places the hole in the head joint under the lip and blows air over it to make a sound.

The method used to produce sound on any brass instrument.

This string instrument can be played by scraping the bow over its high-pitched strings or by plucking the strings with the finger.

The three ways percussion instruments can make a sound.

The shape of a 2-beat conducting pattern.

A black single-reed instrument. The single reed only makes a sound when wet enough, and is held on to the mouthpiece by a metal piece called a ligature.

The smallest member of the brass family. People often hear this instrument playing during fanfares.

This string instrument is slightly larger than the violin, but produces sound in the same way, only the sounds are a bit lower in pitch.

There are five of these circular instruments in the RISE Prep music room, all different in size. You hit them with your hand or a mallet to make a sound.

The conductor can change this by making his/her conducting pattern faster or slower.

A black double-reed instrument. The double reed only makes a sound when wet enough, and is made by two thinly-curved pieces of wood joined together with a hole in the middle.

Musicians change the pitch on this lower-pitched brass instrument by lengthening or shortening the instrument with a slide while buzzing the lips on the mouthpiece.

Musicians must sit with this instrument between their legs to play it. Sound is produced the same way as a violin, but the sound is much lower in pitch.

These instruments look like a hand drum at first, but have a series of metal disks connected to the outside wall. You can hit or shake this instrument to make a sound.

The conductor can change this by making his/her conducting pattern larger or smaller.

A large double-reed instrument that can produce both low sounds.

This brass instrument can produce both higher-pitched and lower-pitched sounds. The bell of the instrument where the sound comes out faces to the right of the musician.

The biggest of the string instruments, the musician must stand to play this towering member of the string family. Sound is produced the same way as a violin, but the sound is much much lower in pitch.

You shake these instruments to make a sound. The beads inside bounce of the inside walls of the instrument to produce sound.

Two semi-circle motions outward with the hands, followed by clenched fists. This tells the musicians to stop playing.

A curvy single-reed woodwind instrument made of brass. The only reason why this instrument is not in the brass family is because it needs a wet single reed to make a sound.

The largest member of the brass family.

The method of playing a string instrument by plucking the strings with the finger instead of scraping them with a bow.

The name of this instrument describes it's three-sided shape. It is hit with a thin metal mallet to produce a high-pitched ringing sound.