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Instrument Families

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How do string instruments produce sound?

a)

By buzzing your lips into a mouthpiece

b)

By blowing over an open hole

c)

By bowing, strumming, and plucking strings

d)

By hitting or shaking an instrument with your hands

2.

What instrument is this?

a)

Clarinet

b)

Saxophone

c)

Flute

d)

Drums

3.

Which instrument family makes sounds by being struck by mallets or sticks?

(a)  

4.
What are the families of the orchestra?
a)
String, Brass, Woodwind, Drums
b)
String, Metal, Wood, Wind
c)
String, Percussion, Brass, Woodwind
d)
Metal, String, Piano, Percussion
5.
What family does this instrument belong to?
a)
Brass
b)
Woodwind
c)
Metal
d)
Percussion
6.
What is the name of this instrument?
a)
Tuba
b)
Trumpet
c)
Saxophone
d)
French Horn
7.
What is the name of this family?
a)
String
b)
Percussion
c)
Woodwind
d)
Brass
8.
What is the name of this instrument?
a)
Flute
b)
Clarinet
c)
Trumpet
d)
Trombone
9.

What family does the French Horn belong to?

a)

string

b)

brass

c)

percussion

d)

woodwind

10.
What family does the bass drum belong to?
a)
string
b)
woodwind
c)
percussion
d)
brass
11.
What family does the clarinet belong to?
a)
string
b)
woodwind
c)
brass
d)
percussion
12.
The piano belongs to which families?
a)
brass, percussion
b)
string, brass
c)
string, percussion
d)
woodwind, brass
13.
Maracas belong to which family?
a)
string
b)
percussion
c)
brass
d)
woodwind
14.
The violin belongs to which family?
a)
string
b)
percussion
c)
brass
d)
woodwind
15.
The flute belongs to which family?
a)
brass
b)
woodwind
c)
string
d)
percussion
16.
The cello belongs to which family?
a)
string
b)
brass
c)
woodwind
d)
percussion
17.
The viola belongs to which family?
a)
string
b)
woodwind
c)
brass
d)
percussion
18.
The oboe belongs to which family?
a)
string 
b)
percussion
c)
brass
d)
woodwind
19.

What instrument family does the clarinet belong in?

a)

woodwind

b)

brass

c)

percussion

d)

keyboard

e)

electronic

20.

What instrument family does the euphonium belong in?

a)

woodwind

b)

brass

c)

percussion

d)

keyboard

e)

string

21.

What instrument family does the French horn belong in?

a)

woodwind

b)

brass

c)

percussion

d)

keyboard

e)

electronic

22.

What instrument family does the oboe belong in?

a)

woodwind

b)

brass

c)

percussion

d)

string

e)

keyboard

23.

Which of the following is NOT one of the four instrument families?

a)

brass

b)

pitched

c)

woodwind

d)

string

24.

What do brass players do with their lips to create a sound?

a)

snort

b)

whistle

c)

reed

d)

buzz

25.

Which instrument family uses reeds?

a)

strings

b)

woodwinds

c)

books

d)

percussion

26.

Which family has instruments that can be plucked or bowed?

a)

woodwind

b)

percussion

c)

brass

d)

string

27.

Which instrument uses a reed?

a)

bass

b)

bassoon

c)

flute

d)

piccolo

28.

You can play a melody on a xylophone. That means it is a __________ percussion instrument.

a)

pitched

b)

non-pitched

29.

If a percussion instrument CANNOT play a melody, but just make a "thud" or "ting" sound, we consider it:

a)

pitched

b)

non-pitched

30.
What is the name of this family?
a)
Brass
b)
Drum
c)
Wood
d)
Percussion
31.

Which family creates sound by sending vibrations of air through tubing?

a)

Woodwind

b)

String

c)

Brass

d)

Percussion

32.

Which instrument family is categorized into reeds or flutes?

a)

String

b)

Woodwind

c)

Brass

d)

Percussion

33.

This instrument family is split between "pitched" and "non-pitched":

a)

String

b)

Woodwind

c)

Brass

d)

Percussion

34.

Which instrument family creates sound by splitting exhaled air using a mouthpiece or reed?

a)

Woodwind

b)

Brass

c)

String

d)

Percussion