Can You Name All of These Woodwind Instruments?

By: Jacqueline Samaroo
Estimated Completion Time
3 min
Can You Name All of These Woodwind Instruments?
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About This Quiz

Come get blown away! Here is a chance to show how much you know about woodwind instruments - you might find there are a few intriguing ones you never knew existed!

All woodwind instruments have certain features in common, but they are also different in many ways. Take their size, for instance - they range from very small to almost gargantuan! Furthermore, while they all use air to make music, not all of them are played by blowing with your mouth.

As a group of instruments, woodwinds began very simply, quite often made from hollow sticks or animal bones. Some of these traditional instruments have changed very little over thousands of years and are still used in folk music in various regions of the world. They retain their rustic design and continue to stand out with the unique melodies they can play.

A fine example is that woodwind instrument made from animal skin and often associated with the kilt-wearing men of the Highlands. Can you name that one? It's one of the instruments in the quiz, so jump right in and have a go at it!

Come prove you are not just a blowhard when it comes to musical instruments. Ace this quiz and toot your own horn with pride!

bass clarinet
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Can you name the woodwind instrument shown in this image?
Pan flute
Tenor saxophone
Bass clarinet
Pku
piccolo
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Which small woodwind instrument is shown here?
Piccolo
Xaphoon
Suona
Bass flute
organ pipe
Franz Aberham/Photodisc/Getty Images
Do you know the name of the woodwind instrument shown here?
Reclam de xeremies
Soprano saxophone
Piffero
Pipe organ

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melodica
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What is the name of the woodwind instrument in this photo?
Melodica
Tárogató
Ocarina
Hornpipe
c flute
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Which woodwind instrument does this photo show?
Fife
C flute
Shakuhachi
Sarrusophone
oboe
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Do you know the name of the woodwind instrument in this photo?
Bombard
Contrabassoon
Recorder
Oboe

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bassoon
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Can you name the woodwind instrument shown here?
Bagpipes
Bassoon
Tin whistle
Bass saxophone
Tenor Saxophone
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Do you know the name of the woodwind instrument pictured here?
Accordion
Bass clarinet
Tenor saxophone
Erkencho
english horn
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What is the name of this woodwind instrument?
Oboe d'amore
English horn
Soprano clarinet
Sralai

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recorder
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What type of woodwind instrument is shown in this image?
Sarrusophone
Erkencho
Piffero
Recorder
xaphoon
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Which woodwind instrument is shown in this photo?
Contrabassoon
Pku
Shepherd's shawm
Xaphoon
fife
WikiCommons
Can you name the woodwind instrument shown in this photo?
Sralai
Bass flute
Fife
Pibgorn

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soprano saxophone
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What is this woodwind instrument called?
Accordion
Organ pipe
Soprano saxophone
Rothphone
bagpipes
Daniel Candal/Moment Open/Getty Images
Do you know which woodwind instrument is pictured here?
Suona
Bagpipes
Tárogató
Bass saxophone
Bombard
WikiCommons via EALES
Which woodwind instrument is in this photo?
Bombard
Reclam de xeremies
Oboe
Harmonica

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pan flute
Pauline Lewis/Moment/Getty Images
Do you know which woodwind instrument is shown here?
Melodica
Hornpipe
Ocarina
Pan flute
sarrusophone
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Can you name the woodwind instrument pictured here?
Bassoon
Oboe d'amore
Sarrusophone
Piccolo
crumhorn
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What type of woodwind instrument is shown here?
Crumhorn
Oboe da caccia
Soprano clarinet
C flute

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bass flute
WikiCommons via Yamaha Corporation
Which name does this woodwind instrument go by?
English horn
Tin whistle
Bass clarinet
Bass flute
soprano clarinet
WikiCommons
Can you name the woodwind instrument shown in this image?
Soprano clarinet
Bass saxophone
Pan flute
Fife
ocarina
WikiCommons
Do you know what this woodwind instrument is called?
Bagpipes
Shepherd's shawm
Recorder
Ocarina

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accordion
Pgiam/E+/Getty Images
Do you recognize the type of woodwind instrument shown here?
Accordion
Soprano saxophone
Harmonica
Shakuhachi
reclam de xeremies
WikiCommons
Can you name the type of woodwind instrument in this image?
Tenor saxophone
Rothphone
Contrabassoon
Reclam de xeremies
tárogató
WikiCommons
Can you say what this woodwind instrument is called?
Erkencho
Tárogató
Oboe d'amore
Oboe da caccia

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tin whistle
WikiCommons via Kmarty
Which woodwind instrument is this an image of?
Tin whistle
Recorder
Piffero
Crumhorn
sralai
WikiCommons via Jean-Pierre Dalbéra
Do you know which woodwind instrument is in this photo?
Bombard
English horn
Oboe
Sralai
contrabassoon
WikiCommons via Mezzofortist
What name does this woodwind instrument go by?
Oboe da caccia
Xaphoon
Contrabassoon
Pan flute

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horn pipe
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Can you identify the woodwind instrument in the photo?
Hornpipe
Ocarina
Melodica
Pibgorn
shakuhachi
WikiCommons via Felicia I. Chavez
What is the woodwind instrument shown here called?
Shakuhachi
Bassoon
Suona
Reclam de xeremies
harmonica
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Do you recognize the woodwind instrument shown here?
Rothphone
Organ pipe
Harmonica
Fife

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bass saxophone
ClausAlwinVogel/E+/Getty Images
Which woodwind instrument is this?
Tárogató
Bass saxophone
Shepherd's shawm
Bassoon
pku
vandervelden/E+/Getty Images
Can you guess the name of the woodwind instrument shown here?
Piccolo
Soprano saxophone
Shakuhachi
Pku
erkencho
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Which woodwind instrument does this photo contain?
Bass clarinet
Pibgorn
Erkencho
C flute

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suona
Sunrise dawn Photography/Moment Open/Getty Images
Do you know the name of this woodwind instrument?
Crumhorn
Bombard
English horn
Suona
piffero
WikiCommons via Wikinaut
Which woodwind instrument is this a picture of?
Xaphoon
Piffero
Sralai
Harmonica
shepherd's shawm
WikiCommons via Rabusier
Can you identify the woodwind instrument shown in this image?
Sarrusophone
Melodica
Tin whistle
Shepherd's shawm

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Oboe D'Amore
WikiCommons
Which woodwind instrument is shown in the photo?
Oboe d'amore
C flute
Crumhorn
Bagpipes
pibgorn
WikiCommons via Zxsd
What name is given to this woodwind instrument?
Oboe
Accordion
Pibgorn
Organ pipe
oboe da caccia
WikiCommons via Aviad2001
Do you know the name of the woodwind instrument in this picture?
Oboe da caccia
Pku
Piccolo
Tenor saxophone

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rothphone
WikiCommons via Vitmalinovsky
Can you name the woodwind instrument shown in this picture?
Hornpipe
Bass flute
Soprano clarinet
Rothphone