Musical Mysteries
Worksheet for Lesson Plan 5a
Find Out About the Orchestra
1. The word orchestra comes from the Greek word meaning
2. List the four sections, or families of the orchestra:
3. Complete the Sentence: A conductor is someone who
4. List the names of the instruments in the String section of the
orchestra:
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Musical Mysteries
Worksheet for Lesson Plan 5a
5. List two ways in which instruments in the String section of the orchestra
can be played.
7. List the names of the instruments in the Woodwind section
of the orchestra:
8. Why was the name ‘Woodwind’ given to these
instruments?
9. Name the four instruments in the Brass family:
10. Name the two instruments from the Brass family fact files
that you heard being played.
11. There are many instruments in the Percussion family,
name four of them:
12. Percussion instruments make their sounds by being
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