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The Orchestra

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is bow hair made out of?

a)

String

b)

Cotton

c)

Cat guts

d)

Horse Hair

2.

What is Pizzicato?

a)

Plucking the strings

b)

Short bows

c)

Bouncing bows

d)

A spicy Italian meatball

3.

The clarinet and saxophone use a piece of bamboo to create their sound. What is this called?

a)

Reed

b)

Embouchure

c)

Mouthpiece

d)

Valves

4.

Which instrument is the highest pitched out of these ones listed?

a)

Oboe

b)

Trumpet

c)

Cello

d)

Flute

5.

What is the lowest pitched brass instrument in the orchestra?

a)

Trumpet

b)

French Horn

c)

English Horn

d)

Tuba

6.

How does the oboe and bassoon create their sound?

a)

Double reed

b)

Mouthpiece

c)

By buzzing

d)

Using a bow

7.

How does the trombone change pitch?

a)

Valves

b)

A Slide

c)

A bow

d)

A pick

8.

What can you use to play a string instrument

a)

A mouthpiece

b)

A bow

c)

A slide

d)

Valves

9.

Most brass instruments change notes by pushing what?

a)

A slide

b)

Valves

c)

Strings

d)

Keys

10.

Who controls the orchestra?

a)

Conductor

b)

Driver

c)

Violin player

d)

There is no one.

11.

Which of these is not a member of the woodwind family?

a)

Piccolo

b)

Clarinet

c)

Tuba

d)

Bassoon

12.

Which of these is not a member of the woodwind family?

a)

Piccolo

b)

Clarinet

c)

Tuba

d)

Bassoon

13.

Which of these is not a member of the Brass family?

a)

Violin

b)

Trumpet

c)

French Horn

d)

Tuba

14.

Which of these is not a member of the Percussion family?

a)

Triangle

b)

Timpani

c)

Xylophone

d)

Flute

15.
Name this instrument of the string family.
a)
Violin 
b)
Bassoon
c)
Trumpet
d)
Timpani
16.
Name this instrument of the woodwind family.
a)
Violin
b)
Double bass
c)
Flute
d)
Trombone
17.
Name this instrument of the brass family.
a)
Triangle
b)
Trumpet
c)
Cello
d)
Sandblocks 
18.
Name this instrument of the string family.
a)
Double bass
b)
Viola
c)
Trumpet
d)
Clarinet
19.
Name this instrument of the woodwind family.
a)
Flute
b)
Tuba
c)
Clarinet
d)
Cello
20.
Name this instrument of the brass family.
a)
Trumpet
b)
Viola
c)
Timpani
d)
Trombone
21.
Name this instrument of the brass family.
a)
Trumpet
b)
Viola
c)
Timpani
d)
Trombone
22.
Name this instrument of the string family.
a)
Viola
b)
Cello
c)
Double bass
d)
Clarinet
23.
Name this instrument of the brass family.
a)
Tuba
b)
Violin
c)
Saxophone
d)
French horn
24.
Name this instrument of the string family.
a)
Double bass
b)
Cello
c)
Bass drum
d)
Tuba
25.
Name this instrument of the woodwind family.
a)
Bassoon
b)
Oboe
c)
Clarinet
d)
Trumpet
26.
Name this instrument of the woodwind family.
a)
Bassoon
b)
Oboe
c)
Clarinet
d)
Trumpet
27.
Name this instrument of the brass family.
a)
Double bass
b)
Trumpet
c)
Bass drum
d)
Tuba
28.
Name this instrument of the percussion family.
a)
Sandblocks
b)
Cymbals
c)
Trombone
d)
Saxophone
29.

Timpani

a)
b)
c)
d)
30.

Select ALL instruments that are part of the BRASS family...

a)

Trombone

b)

Double Bass

c)

Trumpet

d)

Horn

e)

Bassoon

31.

Select ALL instruments that are part of the STRING family...

a)

Harp

b)

Wind chimes

c)

Viola

d)

Cello

e)

Cornet

32.

Select ALL instruments which are in the PERCUSSION family...

a)

Glokenspiel

b)

Cornet

c)

Hand bells

d)

Cymbals

e)

Piccolo

33.

Select ALL instruments that are in the WOODWIND family...

a)

Piccolo

b)

Oboe

c)

Cornet

d)

Bassoon

e)

Cello

34.
What is the highest string instrument ?
a)
Cello
b)
Viola
c)
Violin
d)
Double bass
35.
What is the lowest instrument in Brass family ?
a)
Tuba
b)
Trumpet
c)
Trombone
d)
French horn
36.
Which of this instruments DOESN'T belong to Brass family?
a)
Trumpet
b)
Saxophone
c)
French horn
d)
Tuba
37.
Name the instrument.
a)
Flute
b)
Trumpet
c)
Bassoon
d)
Oboe
38.
Name the instrument
a)
Vibraphone
b)
Guiro
c)
Agoga bells
d)
Triangle
39.

A thin stick used by a conductor to direct an orchestra?

a)

double bass

b)

violin

c)

concertmaster

d)

baton