WorksheetsInstrument Families
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How many families of instruments are in an orchestra?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
4
d)
8
2.
Which instrument is not a brass instrument?
a)
Trumpet
b)
Trombone
c)
Clarinet
d)
Tuba
3.
Which instrument uses a reed?
a)
Flute
b)
Clarinet
c)
Trumpet
d)
Trombone
4.
Which instrument is not a woodwind instrument?
a)
Flute
b)
Bassoon
c)
Trombone
d)
English Horn
5.
Which is a brass instrument?
a)
flute
b)
saxophone
c)
french horn
d)
viola
6.
Which is the highest pitched string instrument?
a)
tuba
b)
cello
c)
flute
d)
violin
7.
How does a brass instrument produce sound?
a)
It doesn't
b)
A reed
c)
Lips are vibrated as the player blows into the mouthpiece
d)
You hit it on the side of the instrument
8.
How do MOST woodwinds produce sound?
a)
Scrape a bow across strings
b)
Buzz the mouthpiece
c)
Knock it against the ground
d)
The air vibrates when it is split by a reed or another part of the instrument
9.
How do you play a percussion instrument?
a)
Hit, shake, scrape
b)
Use electricity
c)
Blow into them
d)
Pluck, bow, or strum
10.
How does a stringed instrument produce sound?
a)
Bang it on the ground
b)
Strings are vibrated by bowing, plucking, or strumming
c)
Blow across the holes
d)
Turn the pegs
11.
What family does the clarinet belong to?
a)
string
b)
woodwind
c)
brass
d)
percussion
12.
What family does the double bass belong to?
a)
string
b)
brass
c)
woodwind
d)
percussion
13.
The piano belongs to which families?
a)
brass, percussion
b)
string, brass
c)
string, percussion
d)
woodwind, brass
14.
The tuba belongs to which family?
a)
string
b)
percussion
c)
brass
d)
woodwind
15.
Maracas belong to which family?
a)
string
b)
percussion
c)
brass
d)
woodwind
16.
The timpani (or kettle drums) belong to which family?
a)
string
b)
percussion
c)
brass
d)
woodwind
17.
The flute belongs to which family?
a)
brass
b)
woodwind
c)
string
d)
percussion
18.
The trombone belongs to which family?
a)
string
b)
woodwind
c)
brass
d)
percussion
19.
The trumpet belongs to which family?
a)
string
b)
brass
c)
woodwind
d)
percussion
20.
The tambourine belongs to which family?
a)
string
b)
woodwind
c)
brass
d)
percussion
21.
Xylophone is a member of what Instrument Family?
a)
Brass
b)
Percussion
c)
Woodwinds
d)
Strings
22.
What is the name of this family?
a)
Brass
b)
Drum
c)
Wood
d)
Percussion
23.
What is the name of this family?
a)
String
b)
Percussion
c)
Woodwind
d)
Brass
24.
What family of instruments is shown here?
a)
Brass
b)
Percussion
c)
Woodwind
d)
Strings
25.
What family of instruments is shown here?
a)
Brass
b)
Woodwind
c)
Percussion
d)
Strings
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