Musical Instruments and Pitch

How do woodwind instruments create different pitches?

• by changing the amount of air inside the instrument
• by altering how hard you blow into the instrument
• by altering the shape of your mouth as you blow into the instrument
• by changing the elasticity of the air

What creates a higher pitch sound in a recorder?

• blowing harder
• blowing softer
• covering all the holes
• uncovering all the holes

A longer column of air creates a sound with:

• higher pitch
• lower pitch
• louder sound
• less loud sound

Thicker strings make what type of sound?

• higher pitched
• lower pitched 
• louder
• softer

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

How do string instruments make sound?

• the strings vibrate making noise
• the strings vibrate the air around it causing noise

Shorter strings create what type of sound?

• softer
• louder
• higher pitched
• lower pitched

What is this instrument?

• Flute

• Trumpet

• Drums

• Banjo

¿Which is NOT a family of instruments?

• String

• Wind

• Percussion

• Wood

"These produce sound through the vibration of the air inside the instrument tube". This is a definition of...

• String instruments

• Electronic instruments

• Wind instruments

• Percussion

Which is NOT a Plucked string instrument?

• Guitar

• Harp

• Piano