Grade 7 Music: Mid Year Revision Quiz #1

Match the instrument to the correct instrument family

• Percussion

• Harp

• Woodwind

• Bassoon

• Strings

• Tubular Bells

• Brass

• Horn

You can play a violin by: (2 answers)

• Strumming

• Plucking

• Scraping

• Bowing

These instruments have a double reed (i.e. a small narrow reed, no mouthpiece that it sits against, very nasal sounding instruments): 2 answers

• Clarinet

• Bassoon

• Saxophone

• Flute

• Oboe

Look at this picture of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Which instrument family sits at the front of the orchestra?

• Strings

• Woodwind

• Brass

• Percussion

Look again. Which instrument family sits right at the back of the orchestra?

• Strings

• Woodwind

• Brass

• Percussion

Choose THREE ways to produce sound on percussion instruments

• Strumming

• Scraping

• Blowing

• Hitting

• Shaking

What are TWO things that need to happen to create sound on a brass instrument?

• Be sitting down

• Buzz your lips

• Blow air

• Press the valves

The flute belongs to the which instrument family?

• Strings

• Woodwind

• Brass

• Percussion

The horn belongs to which instrument family?

• Strings

• Woodwind

• Brass

• Percussion

The tambourine belongs to which instrument family?

• Strings

• Woodwind

• Brass

• Percussion