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This musical instruments word search hides words like guitar, piano, trumpet to find. Play it free online or print the PDF with the answer key, a handy musical instruments vocabulary activity.

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  • SAXOPHONE
  • CONDUCTOR
  • ORCHESTRA
  • CLARINET
  • KEYBOARD
  • SYMPHONY
  • TRUMPET
  • CONCERT
  • GUITAR
  • PIANO
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guitar
A guitar is usually played by plucking or strumming its six strings, and pressing the strings changes the notes.
piano
The piano was invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori around 1700 in Florence, Italy, and its name means soft and loud.
trumpet
The trumpet has just three valves, yet a skilled player can reach dozens of notes by changing how the lips buzz.
saxophone
The saxophone was invented in the 1840s by Adolphe Sax, a Belgian maker, and it blends brass and reed.
clarinet
The clarinet is a wooden wind instrument with a single reed, and its low notes sound warm and dark.
keyboard
A keyboard lets one player trigger many sounds, from piano to strings, by pressing rows of black and white keys.
conductor
A conductor stands before an orchestra and waves a baton to set the tempo and shape how the music sounds.
orchestra
A full orchestra can include strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion, and it may seat close to a hundred players together.
symphony
A symphony is a long piece for orchestra, usually built in four sections called movements, that can last nearly an hour.
concert
At a concert, musicians perform live for an audience, and the largest ones can fill a stadium with thousands of fans.
violin
The violin has four strings and is played with a horsehair bow, and a great old one can cost millions of dollars.
melody
A melody is the line of notes you hum or whistle, the part of a song you remember all day.
rhythm
Rhythm is the pattern of beats in music, and people clap, tap, or drum to keep time with it together.
cello
The cello has four strings tuned C, G, D, and A, and it is held between the knees and bowed.
singer
A singer makes music with the human voice, the only instrument every person is born already carrying inside them.

Trivia

  1. How many keys are on a standard full-size piano?

    Eighty-eight (52 white and 36 black).

  2. The world's largest pipe organ, in Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, has roughly how many pipes: 3,000, 33,000, or 300,000?

    About 33,000 pipes.

  3. Which family do the violin, viola, cello, and double bass all belong to?

    The string family (bowed strings).

  4. What do we call the line of five horizontal lines that music is written on?

    The staff (or stave).

  5. Famous old violins by which Italian maker have sold for millions of dollars?

    Antonio Stradivari (a Stradivarius).

Trivia · 1 / 5
How many keys are on a standard full-size piano?
Eighty-eight (52 white and 36 black).

In their words

Without music, life would be a mistake.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Music is the universal language of mankind.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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This musical instruments word search is a free printable puzzle with 10 hidden words in an 11×11 grid. Find words like SAXOPHONE, CONDUCTOR, ORCHESTRA hidden across, down, and diagonally. You can play it right here in your browser — tap the first and last letter of a word — or download it as a printable PDF with the full answer key on page two. It's free for personal and classroom use, so teachers can print copies for a whole class with no sign-up and no account. Word searches like this one are a proven way to build vocabulary, spelling, and word-shape recognition, which is why they're a favourite with ESL learners, elementary classrooms, and anyone who likes a quiet puzzle with their coffee.

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Sources: History.com: Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 debuts, May 7, 1824 · Playing for Change: Stand By Me, Song Around the World · Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Pianofortes of Bartolomeo Cristofori · Boardwalk Hall Auditorium Organ (Wikipedia): world's largest pipe organ

Word list, facts & trivia researched and compiled by Sam Letterman — spotted a mistake? Tell us and we’ll fix it.