Musical Instruments Word Search
Play a Musical Instruments word search free online. We built the 12-word list around the terms and ideas of a school subject, then scattered it across a 15×15 grid — horizontal, vertical and diagonal. Find them all to clear the board.
Words to find: PIANO, VIOLIN, GUITAR, DRUM, FLUTE, TRUMPET, CELLO, HARP, SAXOPHONE, CLARINET, TROMBONE, TUBA.
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Musical Instruments word list, defined
- PIANO /piˈænoʊ/ (US); /piˈænəʊ/ (UK) · noun; musical direction/adverb
- A keyboard instrument played by pressing keys with the fingers, producing sound when the keys strike strings. In musical notation, “piano” means softly or quietly.
- VIOLIN /ˌvaɪəˈlɪn/ · noun
- A violin is a bowed string instrument with a hollow wooden body, a neck, and four strings, typically tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest member of the violin family and is played with a bow or, in some musical styles, by pizzicato. Related: fiddle.
- GUITAR /ɡɪˈtɑːr/ (US and rhotic British); /ɡɪˈtɑː/ (non-rhotic British) · noun
- A stringed musical instrument with a hollow body, a neck with frets, and usually six strings, played by strumming or plucking with the fingers or a plectrum. It may be acoustic, producing sound through its resonating body, or electric, producing sound through an amplifier. Related: six-string.
- DRUM /drʌm/ · noun
- A percussion instrument consisting of a hollow cylindrical shell with a stretched membrane (drumhead) that is struck with the hands or sticks to produce sound; also, a cylindrical container, especially one used for storing oil or other liquids. Related: percussion instrument, tabor, timpani, kettle.
- FLUTE /fluːt/ · noun
- A musical wind instrument consisting of a long tube played by blowing air across a hole near one end, held horizontally in modern orchestral form; also, an architectural term for a groove or channel cut into a surface. Related: piccolo, recorder, fife, panpipe.
- TRUMPET /ˈtrʌmpɪt/ · noun and verb
- A trumpet is a brass wind instrument that produces a bright, powerful tone. As a verb, to trumpet means to sound a trumpet or to announce or proclaim something loudly and emphatically. Related: horn, bugle, clarion.
- CELLO /ˈtʃɛloʊ/ · noun
- A large bowed string instrument of the violin family, held between the knees and played while seated, pitched an octave below the viola.
- HARP /hɑːp/ (British), /hɑːrp/ (American) · noun and verb
- A harp is a stringed musical instrument whose strings are plucked with the fingers. As a verb, to harp means to play a harp or, figuratively, to dwell on or repeatedly emphasize a subject. Related: lyre, psaltery, zither.
- SAXOPHONE /ˈsæksəˌfoʊn/ (US); /ˈsæksəfəʊn/ (UK) · noun
- A wind instrument with a single-reed mouthpiece, a curved metal tube, and keys that control the tone holes. The saxophone is used in jazz, classical music, rock, and popular music. Related: sax.
- CLARINET /ˌklærəˈnɛt/ · noun
- A single-reed woodwind instrument of cylindrical bore, held vertically and played by blowing through a mouthpiece with a reed, having a wide range and a warm, agile tone. Related: woodwind, reed instrument.
- TROMBONE /ˈtrɒmboʊn/ · noun, verb
- A trombone is a brass instrument with a long cylindrical body and a sliding tube that changes pitch by varying the length of the vibrating air column. As a verb, trombone means to play a trombone, especially informally. Related: sacbut, slide.
- TUBA /ˈtuːbə/ (US); /ˈtjuːbə/ (British English) · noun
- A large, low-pitched, valved brass musical instrument with a broad, deep tone, widely used in orchestras, brass bands, and wind ensembles. The word can also denote an ancient or historical trumpet.
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