Music - Instrument Families
These worksheets can help students learn about the different instrument families (or groups) like: strings, woodwinds, percussion, and brass.
In this free worksheet students will use the list provided at the top of the page and write down the instrument in the correct group it belongs to.
3rd through 6th Grades
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Orchestra Chart FREE
In this free activity students will use crayons to color the different sections of the orchestra (percussion, brass, strings, and woodwinds).
2nd through 6th Grades
This worksheet has pictures of instruments on it and students will label which instrument families they belong to.
2nd through 6th Grades
With the help of a word bank, students will label the instruments and write the name of the instrument family.
3rd through 6th Grades
Students will use the words from the word bank to fill in the name of each instrument shown and the entire instrument family.
3rd through 6th Grades
Label each of the instruments using names from the word bank. Then label the entire instrument family.
3rd through 6th Grades
Can your students name all the instruments on this page and the family they belong to? There's a word bank to help.
3rd through 6th Grades
This worksheet has facts about instruments in the woodwind family. Students will label the instruments shown and order them from highest to lowest.
4th through 6th Grades
This worksheet describes characteristics of instruments in the brass family. Students can label images of 6 brass instruments and then number them from highest in pitch to lowest in pitch.
4th through 6th Grades
Read a bit about string instruments, and then label some of the instruments that make up that instrument family.
4th through 6th Grades
Read about the percussion family and then label the instruments shown on the page.
3rd through 6th Grades
Twelve instruments are featured on this worksheet. Let your inner music scholar out and only color the instruments in the woodwind family. Watch out for the tricky saxophone!
2nd through 8th Grades
Show off your knowledge of instrument families by only coloring the four instruments that belong to the brass family. Remember: although it may seem that way, the material an instrument is made from isn't what determines the family!
2nd through 8th Grades
Half of the pictures on this instrument worksheet are of string family instruments. Let your students show you which ones by coloring them in exclusively.
2nd through 8th Grades
Are xylophones percussion instruments? What about saxophones? Identify musical instruments in the percussion family by coloring them in while ignoring the other instruments pictured.
2nd through 8th Grades
On this worksheet, students will need to match the pictures of a cello, trombone, flute, tambourine, and tuba to the correct words.
2nd through 8th Grades
With this worksheet, students must match the pictures of a harp, xylophone, trumpet, oboe, and drum to the correct words.
2nd through 8th Grades
Here, students will match pictures of a recorder, bassoon, French horn, bass drum, and cymbals to the correct words.
2nd through 8th Grades
Have your students sort the instrument picture cards into four groups - percussion, woodwind, brass, and strings.
2nd through 6th Grades
Find different brass instruments and related vocabulary by unscrambling the letters on this puzzle worksheet.
3rd through 6th Grades
Students will have fun unscrambling the letters to reveal percussion instruments on this printable puzzle worksheet.
3rd through 6th Grades
Unscramble the letters to find different woodwind instruments and parts on this printable puzzle worksheet.
3rd through 6th Grades
Students will unscramble the mixed up letters on this worksheet to find different string instruments and related vocabulary.
3rd through 6th Grades
Cut out the instrument name vocabulary words, then glue the correct name in the shades box for the appropriate instrument. Featured instruments: trumpet, violin, saxophone, guitar, clarinet, and a snare drum.
2nd through 8th Grades
Improve or test instrument recognition with this hands-on worksheet activity. Cut out the names of instruments--tuba, banjo, tambourine, cymbals, xylophone, and bassoon--then paste them to label the corresponding instrument picture.
2nd through 8th Grades
This page has worksheets about music notes and symbols, staff paper, practice charts, and awards.
Art and Music Index PageThis page has a complete listing of all our music and art pages. Some of the topics include: general music, drawing, shapes, and coloring.
