Instrument bingo and a wealth of quizzes linked to the OrchMap – see how much you can remember about musical instruments by testing yourself or a group with a quiz.
We’ve hidden some of the instruments you might find in an orchestra in the wordsearch below. Can you find all 12 of them? If you want to learn more about some of the instruments we’ve featured, have a look at the OrchMap where you can find explanation videos from the musicians from the London Philharmonic
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A bit like a family around the table, each section of the Orchestra (also known as a family) has its own place to sit! Can you find the Brass, Woodwind, Strings and Percussion families as well as the conductor who leads them all in the picture below? See if you can discover them all in
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Test your memory by matching the musical sounds (make sure your sound is on!). Tap each card to flip it over, then try and remember where the matching sound is so you can match the pairs. The extracts you hear are from Czech composer Antonin Dvořák’s New World Symphony, performed by the LPO. You can
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Test your memory by matching the instrument picture with its matching name. Tap each card to flip it over, then try and remember where the instrument pictures and names are so you can match the pairs. See if you can beat your previous time each time you play! Find a handy instrument key here to
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Test your memory with our matching instrument pairs. Tap each card to flip it over, then try and remember where the instruments are so you can match the pairs. See if you can beat your previous time each time you play! Find a handy instrument key here to help you identify which instrument is which.
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‘Mama Don’t Allow’ has become a firm favourite in our live OrchLab sessions, so we’ve created a resource led by Dav Shiel from Drake Music, featuring LPO trombonist David Whitehouse, so you can play and sing along whenever you like! Watch the video titled ‘About this activity’ first, then when you know how to join
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If you’ve explored the OrchMap, and already mastered the individual instrument quizzes, challenge yourself to be a master of orchestral knowledge! The quizzes below test your knowledge of all the OrchMap instruments combined. You can access the quizzes online, or if you prefer, you can download PDFs and fill out by hand, or use to
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If you’ve explored the OrchMap, test your instrument knowledge by taking our quizzes! We have provided a range of quizzes on each instrument which you can access online, or if you prefer, you can download PDFs and fill out by hand, or use to test a group. If you’ve finished our individual instrument quizzes, or
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How well do you know the instruments of the orchestra? Our OrchLab instrument bingo pack includes printable bingo cards with pictures of orchestral instruments, lists of bingo calls, and to really challenge your group, a list of instrument clues rather than names, for players to guess the instrument and then cross off their cards.
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