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Instrument Family Characteristics

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which instrument family has instruments that are made of metal tubes that have been twisted/bent into the instrument's shape?

a)
Brass
b)
Woodwind
c)
Percussion
d)
String
2.

What is the body of string instruments made from?

a)

Hollow Wood

b)

Solid Wood

c)

Nylon, Steel & Animal Gut

d)

Hollow Gourds

3.
Which instrument family has instruments that can be made of hollow metal, hollow plastic, or hollow wood?
a)
Brass
b)
String
c)
Woodwind
d)
Percussion
4.

Which instrument family has instruments that can be made of lots of materials like wood, plastic, metal, rubber, and things found in nature?

a)
Percussion
b)
Brass
c)
Woodwind
d)
String
5.
What are the three ways that you can play percussion instruments?
a)
Shaking, Striking, and Scraping
b)
Striking, Strumming, and Shaking
c)
With a mallet, with your hands, and with a stick
d)
Scraping, Strumming, and Swirling
6.
Which instrument family has cup-shaped mouthpieces?
a)
Brass
b)
Woodwind
c)
Percussion
d)
String
7.
What skill do brass players need to master in order to play their instruments?
a)
"Buzzing" their lips
b)
Breathing deeply
c)
Pressing down the valves
d)
Putting together their instrument
8.
What are the "buttons" on brass instruments called?
a)
Keys
b)
Valves
c)
Slides
d)
Bars
9.
Instead of valves, some brass instruments have _____.
a)
Slides
b)
Buttons
c)
Keys
d)
Bars
10.
Which instrument family uses reeds?
a)
Woodwind
b)
Brass
c)
String
d)
Percussion
11.
How many reeds make up a single reed?
a)
One
b)
Two
c)
Three
d)
Four
12.
How many reeds make up a double reed?
a)
One
b)
Two
c)
Three
d)
Four
13.
What are the “buttons” on woodwind instruments called?
a)
Keys
b)
Valves
c)
Slides
d)
Thingies
14.
Woodwind instruments are known for having lots of keys.
a)
True
b)
False
15.
What are the three ways that you can play a string instrument?
a)
Bowing, Plucking, and Strumming
b)
Arco, Pizzicato, and Largo
c)
Striking, Strumming, and Scraping
d)
Bowing, Striking, and Shaking
16.
Some percussion instruments require accessories such as mallets, drumsticks, hammers, or beaters.
a)
True
b)
False
17.

All percussion instruments are un-pitched. This means that they CANNOT play pitches/notes; they can only play rhythm.

a)
True
b)
False
18.
Some woodwind instruments have reeds that attach to a _____.
a)
mouthpiece
b)
tone hole
c)
mouth
d)
instrument
19.

What material are brass instruments made from?

a)

rubber

b)

plastic

c)

metal

d)

wood

20.

BESIDES BRASS INSTRUMENTS, what other instrument family requires musicians to blow air into a mouthpiece?

a)

String

b)

Percussion

c)

Woodwind

21.

What is this string instrument accessory?

a)

a bow

b)

a pick

c)

rosin

d)

amplifier

22.

What is this string instrument accessory?

a)

bow

b)

pick

c)

strummer

d)

plucker

23.

What do you use to pluck the strings of a string instrument?

a)

a bow

b)

a pick

c)

your finger

d)

your air

24.

What is this part of brass instruments called?

a)

the valve

b)

the slide

c)

the bell

d)

the mouthpiece

25.

What families require musicians to use their air to play the instruments?

a)

Brass

b)

Percussion

c)

String

d)

Woodwind

26.

What families DO NOT require musicians to use their air to play the instruments?

a)

Brass

b)

Percussion

c)

String

d)

Woodwind

27.

USING NUMBERS answer this question: How many instrument families are there?

(a)  

28.

True or False: The majority of a woodwind instrument's body is a straight, hollow tube.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

Trumpet, Trombone, French Horn, Bugle, Euphonium, Sousaphone, Tuba

a)

Brass

b)

Woodwind

c)

Percussion

d)

String

30.

Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Saxophone, Bassoon, Kazoo

a)

Brass

b)

Woodwind

c)

Percussion

d)

String

31.

Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass, Acoustic Guitar, Banjo

a)

Brass

b)

Woodwind

c)

Percussion

d)

String

32.

Bass Drum, Timpani, Marimba, Triangle, Gong, Guiro

a)

Brass

b)

Woodwind

c)

Percussion

d)

String

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