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Instrument Fun Facts

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the oldest instrument?

a)

Clarinet

b)

Piano

c)

Trumpet

d)

Flute

2.

Which of the following celebrities plays the flute? (select all that apply)

a)

Halle Berry

b)

Gwen Stefani

c)

Tina Fey

d)

Leonardo Da Vinci

3.

Which person contributed significantly to the development of the modern flute?

a)

Marcel Moyse

b)

Emmanuel Pahud

c)

Theobald Boehm

d)

Paul Taffanel

4.

Select all materials that flutes have been made of

a)

Bone

b)

Brass

c)

Glass

d)

Ivory

e)

Silver/Gold/Platinum

5.

True or False: a flute player can be called a flutist, flautist, fluter, or flutenist.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Select all members of the clarinet family

a)

Piccolo Clarinet

b)

Alto Clarinet

c)

Bass Clarinet

d)

Basset Horn

7.

Select the names of the clarinet's three registers

a)

Chalumeau

b)

Throat Tones

c)

Clarion

d)

Middle

e)

Low

8.

Who revolutionized the design of the modern bass clarinet?

a)

Theobold Boehm

b)

Adolphe Sax

c)

Oskar Oehler

d)

Eugene Albert

9.

Which of the following celebrities play the clarinet?

a)

Jimmy Kimmel

b)

Julia Roberts

c)

Steven Spielberg

d)

Taylor Swift

e)

Woody Allen

10.

What does "clarinet" mean?

a)

Loud, shrill sound

b)

Little trumpet

c)

Chalumeau

d)

Nothing

11.

When was the saxophone invented?

a)

1646

b)

1746

c)

1846

d)

1946

12.

True or False: it would be way cooler if we used slide saxophones in concert band

a)

True

b)

False

13.

The saxophone is the only instrument in wide use today that was invented by a single individual. Who was that individual?

a)

Theobald Boehm

b)

WA Mozart

c)

Mr. Kroner

d)

Adolphe Sax

14.

In the African nation of Senegal, the xylophone was used for two specific purposes. What were they?

a)

Initiation ceremonies

b)

Ward off birds and monkeys

c)

Dance ceremonies

d)

Leading chants

15.

Which brass instrument does not belong to the brass family?

a)

Trumpet

b)

French horn

c)

Saxophone

d)

Trombone

16.

What were trumpets originally primarily used for?

a)

Military ceremonies

b)

Ballroom dances

c)

Government events

d)

Waking people up in the morning

17.

Which composer introduced the world to the trombone with his famous 5th Symphony?

a)

Bach

b)

Mozart

c)

Beethoven

d)

Handel

18.

Which celebrities played the trumpet?

a)

Kesha

b)

Markiplier

c)

Samuel L. Jackson

d)

Aretha Franklin

19.

Which celebrities play French horn?

a)

Jon Stewart

b)

Kristen Stewart

c)

Ewan McGregor

d)

Vanessa Williams

20.

If stretched out, how long would a trombone be?

a)

5 feet

b)

9 feet

c)

15 feet

d)

50 feet

21.

What were French horns originally used for?

a)

Religious ceremonies

b)

Hunting calls

c)

Military ceremonies

22.

What did early jazz bands use as their bass instrument?

a)

Stringed bass

b)

Tuba

c)

Cello

d)

Bass saxophone

23.

Which celebrities play tuba?

a)

Aretha Franklin

b)

Andy Griffith

c)

Tom Wilson

d)

Albert Einstein

24.

How were snares used in Europe during the Renaissance?

a)

Send coded instructions to soliders

b)

Religious ceremonies

c)

Fire dances

d)

Protect royalty

25.

True or false: the human body is considered a percussion instrument?

a)

True

b)

False

26.

Which celebrities are/were percussionists?

a)

Will Ferrell

b)

Rosie O'Donnell

c)

Harry Styles

d)

Justin Bieber

27.

The term percussion comes from the Latin word percussionem. What does percussionem mean?

a)

Drum

b)

Beat

c)

Strike

d)

Attack

28.

Who popularized the triangle, using it as a solo instrument in the second movement of his Piano Concerto No. 1?

a)

WA Mozart

b)

Joseph Haydn

c)

Ludwig van Beethoven

d)

Franz Liszt