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INSTRUMENT FAMILIES

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What are the 2 groups in the woodwind family?
a)
Flutes and Brass
b)
Reeds and Strings
c)
Flutes and Reeds
d)
Brass and Percussion
2.
What is the oldest woodwind instrument?
a)
Recorder
b)
Oboe
c)
Saxophone
d)
Clarinet
3.
Which of these are single reed instruments?
a)
Recorder
b)
Oboe
c)
Clarinet
d)
Piccolo
4.
Which of these are a double reed instrument?
a)
Flute 
b)
oboe 
c)
Clarinet
d)
Saxophone
5.
Which of these are in the flute group?
a)
Bassoon
b)
Recorder
c)
Clarinet
d)
Oboe
6.
 The concert master is:
a)
The conductor
b)
The 1st violinist
c)
The person who walks on stage before the conductor.
d)
Both B and C.
7.
What are the strings on a bow made of?
a)
Animal intestine
b)
Nylon
c)
Horse tail hair
d)
Human hair
8.
The vibration on a stringed instrument is made by:
a)
The strings being  plucked.
b)
The string being bowed.
c)
The string being hit with a drum stick.
d)
Both A and B.
9.
Which brass instrument was originally used for hunting?
a)
Trumpet            
b)
 Tuba          
c)
 Trombone          
d)
French Horn
10.
Which of these instruments are pitched?
a)
Xylophone
b)
Cymbols
c)
Timpani
d)
Both A and C
11.
What is the oldest brass instrument?
a)
Trombone
b)
Saxophone
c)
Trumpet
d)
Tuba
12.
Which brass instrument makes the highest sounds?      
a)
Tuba
b)
French Horn
c)
Trumpet
d)
Sousaphone
13.
Which brass instrument is the largest?
a)
French Horn
b)
Tuba
c)
Trombone
d)
Trumpet
14.
Which of these instruments are non-pitched?
a)
Snare drum
b)
timpani
c)
Piano
d)
Both B and C.
15.
What is Tempo?
a)
How fast or slow the music is.
b)
How loud or soft the music is.
c)
How high or low the music is
d)
A percussion instrument
16.
The saxiphone is in the:
a)
Percussion family 
b)
Brass Family
c)
Woodwind Family 
d)
String family