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Percussion Instruments

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which Instrument family is not part of a Band?

a)

Brass

b)

Woodwind

c)

String

d)

Percussion

2.

What type of musical instrument do you hit?

a)

Brass

b)

Woodwind

c)

String

d)

Percussion

3.

What is another name for the front ensemble of a marching band?

a)

Jim

b)

The Dawg Pound

c)

The Battery

d)

The Pit

4.

What makes a xylophone louder?

a)

Wrapping the bars in wet towels

b)

Throwing cornmeal all over it

c)

Magic

d)

Resonators

5.

What are the bars of a Vibraphone made of?

a)

Wood

b)

Plastic

c)

Straw

d)

Metal

6.

What instrument family do some people think the piano belongs in?

a)

Brass

b)

Woodwind

c)

String

7.

What instrument usually replaces a piano in a marching band?

a)

Violin

b)

Steel Drums

c)

Banjo

d)

Synthesizer

8.

Which of the following drums can play pitches?

a)

Djembe

b)

Snare

c)

Bass

d)

Timpani

9.

What does the sound of a maraca depend on?

a)

How many times it has been to Wal-Mart

b)

How old the person shaking it is

c)

Its just kind of random

d)

What it is made of

10.

What are cymbals usually made of?

a)

plastic

b)

hay

c)

bricks

d)

bronze

11.

What gives the snare drum its unique sound?

a)

cross-bracing of the frame

b)

metal heads

c)

fur taped to the inside

d)

snares

12.

Larger drums have a ______ pitch.

a)

higher

b)

lower

13.

What is the largest member of the percussion family?

a)

the saxophone

b)

maracas

c)

the triangle

d)

the bass drum

14.

What is the oldest and largest instrument family?

a)

Brass

b)

Woodwind

c)

String

d)

Percussion