String Instrument Quiz

What is the size order from the smallest to the largest of the string instruments?

• Viola, Violin, Cello, Bass

• Bass, Cello, Viola, Violin

• Violin, Cello, Viola, Bass

• Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass

• Cello, Bass, Violin, Viola

All the String Instruments were designed by this man. He was a master maker called a luthier

• Andrea Amati

• William Shakespeare

• Louis IX

• Mozart

The cello has always had an endpin.

• True

• False

In an orchestra which section of the Strings has the most instruments?

• Harp

• Viola

• Violin

• Bass

• Cello

Which instruments usually can be found playing the melody in an orchestra? (choose all that are correct)

• Violin

• Viola

• Cello

• Bass

Which instruments normally play the harmony in an orchestra? (choose all correct answers)

• Violin

• Viola

• Cello

• Bass

Which instrument do some believe to be the oldest in the string family of the orchestra?

• Violin

• Viola

• Cello

• Bass

The cello is the most versatile of all the string instruments.

• True

• False

How many pieces of wood does it take to make up a violin.

• 7

• 28

• 70

• 144

A violin bow consists of how many horsehairs?

• between 75 and 100

• between 150 and 200

• about 300

• about 125