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Instruments of the Band

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many families of instruments are in the band?

a)

4

b)

3

c)

6

d)

2

2.

What instrument in the woodwind family is known as the "clown of the orchestra?

(a)  

3.

Which family does the saxophone fit into best?

a)

Brass

b)

Woodwind

4.

What is the instrument that uses a slide instead of valves?

a)

French Horn

b)

Baritone

c)

Bassoon

d)

Trombone

5.

Which instrument used to be made out of wood and was played by George Washington?

a)

Recorder

b)

Bazooka

c)

Flute

d)

Clarinet

6.

Which two instruments use a single reed?

a)

Clarinet

b)

Saxophone

c)

Oboe

d)

Bassoon

7.

Which of the brass instruments below is the highest and can play 45 notes?

a)

Trombone

b)

Tuba

c)

Baritone

d)

Trumpet

8.

Who invented the Saxophone?

a)

Adolph Sax

b)

PeeWee Herman

c)

Charlie Brown

d)

Ludwig Van Beethoven

9.

Which woodwind instrument uses a double reed and has a "snake charmers" sound?

a)

Harp

b)

Oboe

c)

Flute

d)

Tenor Saxophone

10.

Which brass instrument looks like a tuba but sounds like the trombone and uses the same mouthpiece size as a trombone?

a)

Tuba

b)

French Horn

c)

Baritone

d)

Trumpet

11.

Which single reed woodwind instrument is usually black and is made of African wood?

a)

Clarinet

b)

Bassoon

c)

Saxophone

d)

Oboe

12.

Which brass instrument has a cone shaped mouthpiece and a large bell where you place your right hand?

a)

Tuba

b)

Cornet

c)

French Horn

d)

Trumpet

13.

Which woodwind instrument is the only one that plays in bass clef?

(a)  

14.

Which low brass instrument is the biggest and has the lowest sound and largest mouthpiece?

a)

Tuba

b)

Baritone

c)

French Horn

d)

Trombone

15.

Name five percussion instruments

4 lines
16.

Which two clefs do percussionists use to read music?

a)

Treble

b)

Alto

c)

Tenor

d)

Bass

17.

Which three brass instruments read in the bass clef?

a)

Trumpet

b)

Trombone

c)

Baritone

d)

Tuba

18.

What does a musician have to do a lot of to get better and better on his/her instrument?

(a)  

19.

Which woodwind instrument is the only one that doesn't use a reed?

(a)  

20.

Which brass instrument is the voice of Charlie Brown's teacher in the Snoopy cartoons?

a)

Trombone

b)

Clarinet

c)

Oboe

d)

Violin