Highs and Lows

Highs and Lows

Multiple Choice

How do violins, cellos,, and guitars make sound?

• Vibrating strings

• Vibrating column of air

• Vibrating surface

Multiple Choice

How do drums and bongos make sound?

• Vibrating strings

• Vibrating column of air

• Vibrating surface

Multiple Choice

How do clarinets, trumpets, and saxophones make sound?

• Vibrating strings

• Vibrating column of air

• Vibrating surface

Multiple Choice

How are high sounds made on a guitar?

• shortening the string

• making the string tighter

• lengthening the string

• shortening the string or making the string tighter

Multiple Choice

How are low sounds make on a clarinet?

• Shorten the column of air by opening and closing holes in the column.

• Lengthen the column of air by opening and closing holes in the column.

Multiple Choice

Look at the frequency scale in the picture, how many vibrations per second make the sound of middle C?

• 8

• 262

• 524

• 294

Multiple Choice

Look at the frequency table in the picture, how many vibrations per second make the sound of high C?

• 8

• 262

• 524

• 294

Multiple Choice

Look at the frequency table in the picture, how many vibrations make the sound of D?

• 8

• 262

• 524

• 294

Open Ended

Why does a flute make a higher sound than a trombone?

Multiple Choice

Which instrument makes a lower sound, a violin or a cello?

• violin

• cello