Instrument Family Quiz

How many instrument families are there?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

All brass instruments use a mouth piece

• True

• False

Which brass instrument sounds the LOWEST?

• Trumpet

• French Horn

• Tuba

• Trombone

All woodwind instruments use a wooden reed

• True

• False

Which woodwind instrument sounds the highest?

• Saxophone

• Oboe

• Bassoon

• Flute

How many strings do the violin, viola, cello and bass each have?

• 1

• 4

• 8

• 1000

Which of the following are ways you can produce sound with a string instrument? More than one may be correct

• Stroking with a cat

• Plucking

• Bowing

• Shaking violently

Which of the following it NOT one of the ways you play a percussion instrument?

• Blow

• Scrape

• Shake

• Tap

Percussion instruments cannot play melodies, only rhythms

• True

• False

Which family is the snare drum a part of?

• Brass

• Woodwind

• Strings

• Percussion