Musical Instruments Word Search
Instruments are usually grouped as strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion and keyboards. Names from every one of those families show up in the grid.
Musical Instruments word search (Easy)
Find these 10 words
10 words, across and down only
- banjo
- cello
- drum
- flute
- guitar
- harp
- piano
- trumpet
- tuba
- violin
Musical Instruments word search (Medium)
Find these 15 words
15 words, adds diagonals
- banjo
- bassoon
- cello
- clarinet
- drum
- flute
- guitar
- harp
- keyboard
- piano
- trombone
- trumpet
- tuba
- ukulele
- violin
Musical Instruments word search (Hard)
Find these 20 words
20 words, any direction, backwards too
- accordion
- bagpipes
- banjo
- bassoon
- cello
- clarinet
- drum
- flute
- guitar
- harp
- keyboard
- mandolin
- piano
- saxophone
- trombone
- trumpet
- tuba
- ukulele
- violin
- xylophone
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Words in the Musical Instruments word search
Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.
- drum
- Hollow instrument played by striking a stretched skin.
- harp
- Tall frame of strings plucked with both hands.
- tuba
- Biggest brass instrument, playing the lowest notes.
- piano
- Keyboard instrument with hammers that strike metal strings.
- flute
- Silver woodwind played by blowing across an opening.
- banjo
- Stringed instrument with a round, drum like body.
- cello
- Large bowed string instrument played while seated.
- guitar
- Six stringed instrument played by strumming or plucking.
- violin
- Small four stringed instrument played with a bow.
- trumpet
- Brass instrument with three valves and a bright tone.
- ukulele
- Four stringed instrument from Hawaii, smaller than a guitar.
- bassoon
- Long double reed woodwind with a deep voice.
- keyboard
- Electronic instrument that copies piano and other sounds.
- clarinet
- Dark woodwind that sounds through a single reed.
- trombone
- Brass instrument whose sliding tube changes the pitch.
- mandolin
- Small round backed instrument with eight paired strings.
- bagpipes
- Scottish instrument with a windbag and droning pipes.
- accordion
- Box with bellows and buttons squeezed to make sound.
- xylophone
- Wooden bars struck with mallets to make notes.
- saxophone
- Curved brass woodwind played with a single reed.
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