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5th Grade: Percussion Family

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Today, we learned about the ________________ family of instruments.

a)

Strings

b)

Woodwind

c)

Percussion

d)

Brass

2.

Percussion instruments are instruments where musicians:

a)

Buzz into a mouthpiece

b)

Strike (Hit), Shake, or Scrape

c)

Always use mallets

d)

Pluck with their fingers

3.

TRUE or FALSE: The percussion family is the smallest instrument family.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

4.

TRUE or FALSE: The percussion family is arguably the oldest family of instruments.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

5.

Out of these percussion instruments, which would you like to play?

a)

Snare Drum

b)

Xylophone

c)

Piano

d)

Timpani

e)

Maracas

6.

Identify this instrument.

a)

Bass drum

b)

Timpani

c)

Xylophone

d)

Snare Drum

7.

Identify this instrument.

a)

Egg Shaker

b)

Cymbals

c)

Washboard

d)

Bass drum

8.

Identify this instrument.

a)

Xylophone

b)

Glockenspiel

c)

Congo Drum

d)

Triangle

9.

Choose the answer that best describes the sound of the timpani.

a)

Always loud

b)

Always soft

c)

Loud or soft, sometimes like thunder

10.

Check all the percussion instruments

a)

Bass drum

b)

Triangle

c)

Violin

d)

Clarinet

e)

Maracas

11.

What do you think? Is the piano part of the PERCUSSION or STRING family?

a)

Percussion

b)

String