WorksheetsPercussion Family
Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 19mins
How are percussion instruments played?
Hitting, Shaking and Scraping
Vibration of a reed
Buzzing your lips
Plucking or Vibrating strings
What is a pitched instrument?
Can play many sounds
Can only play one sound
What is an unpitched instrument?
Plays many different sounds
Plays one type of sound
Is this instrument part of the percussion family?
Yes
No
Is this instrument part of the percussion family?
No
Yes
What is the name of this instrument?
Piano
Tamborine
Bass Drum
Snare Drum
What is the name of this instrument?
Bass Drum
Piano
Shaker
Snare Drum
What can be used to make sound on a percussion instrument?
Reed
Mallet
Mouthpiece
Bow
Is this instrument pitched or unpitched?
Pitched
Unpitched
Is this instrument pitched or unpitched?
Pitched
Unpitched
What is the name of this instrument?
Xylophone
Saxophone
What is the name of this instrument?
Tambourine
Trombone
What is the name of this instrument?
Clarinet
Congas
What is the name of this instrument?
Bass
Bongos
What is the name of this instrument?
Tuba
Timpani
What is the name of this instrument?
Snare Drum
Bass Drum
What is the name of this instrument?
Marimba
Maracas
What is the name of this instrument?
Drum Set
Bongos
What is the name of this instrument?
Triangle
Timpani
Which instrument is in the percussion family?
Flute
Trombone
Xylophone
Bassoon
What type of percussion instrument is the xylophone?
Pitched
Unpitched
What type of percussion instrument is the timpani?
Pitched
Unpitched
What type of percussion instrument are the rhythm sticks?
Pitched
Unpitched
Identify the image used to play the xylophone with
sticks
beaters
mallets
drum sticks
What type of percussion instrument is the triangle?
Pitched
Unpitched
TRUE or FALSE: The percussion family is the smallest instrument family.
TRUE
FALSE
TRUE or FALSE: The percussion family is arguably the oldest family of instruments.
TRUE
FALSE
Out of these percussion instruments, which would you like to play?
Snare Drum
Xylophone
Piano
Timpani
Maracas
Choose the answer that best describes the sound of the timpani.
Always loud
Always soft
Loud or soft, sometimes like thunder
What do you think? Is the piano part of the PERCUSSION or STRING family?
Percussion
String
Percussion Instruments DO NOT _________
Carry a tune
Keep a beat
Require you to blow air
Percussion instruments make there sound by (choose all of the correct ways):
Hitting them
Scraping them
Slapping them
Shaking them
