WorksheetsThe Orchestra
Total questions: 39
Worksheet time: 16mins
What is bow hair made out of?
String
Cotton
Cat guts
Horse Hair
What is Pizzicato?
Plucking the strings
Short bows
Bouncing bows
A spicy Italian meatball
The clarinet and saxophone use a piece of bamboo to create their sound. What is this called?
Reed
Embouchure
Mouthpiece
Valves
Which instrument is the highest pitched out of these ones listed?
Oboe
Trumpet
Cello
Flute
What is the lowest pitched brass instrument in the orchestra?
Trumpet
French Horn
English Horn
Tuba
How does the oboe and bassoon create their sound?
Double reed
Mouthpiece
By buzzing
Using a bow
How does the trombone change pitch?
Valves
A Slide
A bow
A pick
What can you use to play a string instrument
A mouthpiece
A bow
A slide
Valves
Most brass instruments change notes by pushing what?
A slide
Valves
Strings
Keys
Who controls the orchestra?
Conductor
Driver
Violin player
There is no one.
Which of these is not a member of the woodwind family?
Piccolo
Clarinet
Tuba
Bassoon
Which of these is not a member of the woodwind family?
Piccolo
Clarinet
Tuba
Bassoon
Which of these is not a member of the Brass family?
Violin
Trumpet
French Horn
Tuba
Which of these is not a member of the Percussion family?
Triangle
Timpani
Xylophone
Flute
Timpani
Select ALL instruments that are part of the BRASS family...
Trombone
Double Bass
Trumpet
Horn
Bassoon
Select ALL instruments that are part of the STRING family...
Harp
Wind chimes
Viola
Cello
Cornet
Select ALL instruments which are in the PERCUSSION family...
Glokenspiel
Cornet
Hand bells
Cymbals
Piccolo
Select ALL instruments that are in the WOODWIND family...
Piccolo
Oboe
Cornet
Bassoon
Cello
A thin stick used by a conductor to direct an orchestra?
double bass
violin
concertmaster
baton
