Instruments of the Orchestra

What’s inside

• Which orchestral instrument is played with a double reed?
• The cello is lower in pitch than the viola but higher than the double bass.
• Which orchestral instrument commonly produces different notes by changing the length of a slide?
• A clarinet produces sound with a single reed attached to its mouthpiece.
• Which instrument is generally the highest-pitched member of the standard orchestral woodwind section?
• The contrabassoon normally sounds lower than the bassoon.
• Which orchestral instrument belongs to the percussion family and is normally tuned to definite pitches?
• The French horn is classified as a brass instrument.