The document discusses the different instrument families that make up an orchestra, including strings, brass, woodwinds, and percussion. It provides links to audio examples of various instruments from each family, such as the cello and string quartet for strings, trumpet and trombone for brass, flute and oboe for woodwinds. Keyboard instruments like piano and harpsichord are also mentioned. The document concludes with an interactive quiz to test recognition of instruments and their families.

1. Instruments of the Orchestra

5. Strings

7. What does it sound like? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6yuR8efotI http://beginband.com/sndclips.shtml Cello String Quartet http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhN0RRlLhDg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TYKpgjs-mE&feature=related

9. Brass

11. What does it sound like? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcDE08Bi64k http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8uXNFWq-P8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsS71W_HK0c&feature=related http://beginband.com/sndclips.shtml

13. Woodwinds

15. What does it sound like? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTCJhuxNBHA http://beginband.com/sndclips.shtml http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w75givGyduk

17. Percussion

20. Keyboards

22. What does it sound like? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9U02J-Bz1E&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ud_wGMXRnQ Piano Concerto http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71iUAFFQ8ik Harpsichord

24. Instrument Quiz Instrument’s name hat family it belongs to W