Orchestra quiz

How many families are in the orchestra?

• 5

• 2

• 4

• 12

The families are string, woodwind, percussion and ............

• piano

• brass

• keyboard

• drum

A trumpet is played using which of the following?

• Mouthpiece

• Bow

• Electricity

• Music stand

The trumpet has which of the following?

• a slide

• strings

• 3 valves

• 12 valves

The French Horn has ........

• A long slide

• a pump

• a long tube of brass wound round and round again lots of times

• strings

The TUBA is the .........

• highest instrument in the brass family

• lowest instrument in the brass family

• highest instrument in the percussion family

• lowest instrument in the percussion family

The trombone is different because it .........

• is not nice to listen to

• has strings and buttons

• is not in the orchestra

• uses a slide to play different notes

Percussion instruments are ........

• instruments you hit or strike to get a sound

• instruments you play with a bow

• instruments you blow into

• are not allowed in the orchestra

Percussion instruments are always .........

• at the front of the orchestra

• at the middle of the orchestra

• at the very back of the orchestra

• beside the conductor

Timpani are types of .........

• brass instruments

• string instruments

• woodwind instruments

• percussion instruments