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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.

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Find these 15 words

15 words, adds diagonals

  • banjo
  • bassoon
  • cello
  • clarinet
  • drum
  • flute
  • guitar
  • harp
  • keyboard
  • piano
  • trombone
  • trumpet
  • tuba
  • ukulele
  • violin

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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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