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WorksheetsInstrument Families
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 34mins
How do string instruments produce sound?
By buzzing your lips into a mouthpiece
By blowing over an open hole
By bowing, strumming, and plucking strings
By hitting or shaking an instrument with your hands
What instrument is this?
Clarinet
Saxophone
Flute
Drums
Which instrument family makes sounds by being struck by mallets or sticks?
(a)
What family does the French Horn belong to?
string
brass
percussion
woodwind
What instrument family does the clarinet belong in?
woodwind
brass
percussion
keyboard
electronic
What instrument family does the euphonium belong in?
woodwind
brass
percussion
keyboard
string
What instrument family does the French horn belong in?
woodwind
brass
percussion
keyboard
electronic
What instrument family does the oboe belong in?
woodwind
brass
percussion
string
keyboard
Which of the following is NOT one of the four instrument families?
brass
pitched
woodwind
string
What do brass players do with their lips to create a sound?
snort
whistle
reed
buzz
Which instrument family uses reeds?
strings
woodwinds
books
percussion
Which family has instruments that can be plucked or bowed?
woodwind
percussion
brass
string
Which instrument uses a reed?
bass
bassoon
flute
piccolo
You can play a melody on a xylophone. That means it is a __________ percussion instrument.
pitched
non-pitched
If a percussion instrument CANNOT play a melody, but just make a "thud" or "ting" sound, we consider it:
pitched
non-pitched
Which family creates sound by sending vibrations of air through tubing?
Woodwind
String
Brass
Percussion
Which instrument family is categorized into reeds or flutes?
String
Woodwind
Brass
Percussion
This instrument family is split between "pitched" and "non-pitched":
String
Woodwind
Brass
Percussion
Which instrument family creates sound by splitting exhaled air using a mouthpiece or reed?
Woodwind
Brass
String
Percussion
