Percussion Quiz

True or False? To play a percussion instrument you hit, shake, scrape or strike it with mallet or sticks.

• True

• False

Which family of instruments has the most instruments in it?

• Strings

• Woodwinds

• Percussion

• Brass

What are the two main groups of percussion instruments?

• Metal

• Wood

• Pitched

• Unpitched

Which of the following is not a pitched percussion instrument?

• Marimba

• Piano

• Timpani

• Gong

What is this instrument?

• Snare Drum

• Xylophone

• Timpani

• Metallophone

What are the bars of a metallophone made of?

• Metal

• Wood

• Plastic

• Jello

An example of a metallophone is a:

• Xylophone

• Glockenspiel

• Piano

• Castinet

What is this instrument?

• Xylophone

• Glockenspiel

• Marimba

• Celeste

What are the bars on a xylophone made out of?

• Wood

• Metal

• Plastic

• Matza

How are the xylophone and marimba different?

• The xylophone is bigger.

• The xylophone has hanging resonators attached to the wooden keys.

• The marimba has hanging resonators attached to the wooden keys.

• They are the same.