WorksheetsMusical instruments
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 25mins
Which is the biggest section in a symphony orchestra?
Strings
Brass
Percussion
Woodwind
Who controls the orchestra?
Leader
Driver
Conductor
Director
The pitch of a stringed instrument can be affected by...
how hard it is struck or plucked
the length of its strings
the size of a player's fingers
an object called a hammer
What do you play this instrument with?
A bow
Sticks
Your fingers
Mallets
Which is the highest?
The viola
The cello
The double bass
The violin
The difference between a harpsichord and a piano is...
Piano plucks the strings, harpsichord hits them
Harpsichord plucks the strings, piano hits them
They both hit the strings, only the shape changes
Piano has three pedals, harpsichord has only two
Which is the highest of the woodwind instruments?
Flute
Clarinet
Piccolo
Oboe
Bassoon
Saxophones are ------ instruments
Woodwind
Brass
Which of the woodwind instruments can play the lowest notes in the orchestra?
Saxophone
English horn
Contrabassoon
Bass Clarinet
Woodwind instruments are always made of wood
True
False
Woodwind instruments are...
Bassoon, Clarinet, Timpani, Flute, Piccolo
Flute, Piccolo, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon
Bassoon, Clarinet, Whip, Flute, Piccolo
Flute, Celesta, Bassoon, Clarinet, Oboe
Cymbals are brass instruments
True
False
How does a brass instrument change pitch?
Valves or sliders change the speed of the wave
Valves or sliders change the length of the air column
Valves or sliders change the density of the air
Valves or sliders make rarefactions in the air column
Which is the lowest brass instrument?
Tuba
French Horn
Trumpet
Trombone
Which are the two main types of percussion instruments?
Timpani and drums
Tuned and untuned
Pitched and tuned
Cymbals and drums
UNTUNED percussion instruments can only play...
Melodies
Rhythm patterns
Chords
On the beat
Which one of these instruments is NOT a percussion instrument?
Glockenspiel
Xylophone
Bassoon
Tambourine
Timpani, Glockenspiel, Celesta, and Tubular bells are...
Untuned percussion instruments
Indefinite percussion instruments
No answer is correct
Tuned percussion instruments
Which of these groups are small ensembles?
String orchestra
Symphony Orchestra
Big Band
String quartet
What "classical" instrument is present in many European Folk Ensembles?
Cello
Fiddle
Piano
Harpsichord
How many drums does the drum set have?
4
5
6
7
How are chamber orchestras compared to the symphony orchestras?
bigger
larger
smaller
wider
Which instrument was not included in a Big Band?
trumpet
piano
saxophone
flute
How many people are in a combo?
3-8
9-10
15-18
20 or more
An electric guitar has pickups. They make the sound...
louder
funnier
heavier
lower
A synthesizer uses which method of vibration to produce sound?
plucking
scraping
blowing
electricity
