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Percussion Family Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How are percussion instruments played?

a)

Hitting, Shaking and Scraping

b)

Vibration of a reed

c)

Buzzing your lips

d)

Plucking or Vibrating strings

2.

Is this instrument part of the percussion family?

a)

Yes

b)

No

3.

Is this instrument part of the percussion family?

a)

No

b)

Yes

4.

What is the name of this instrument?

a)

Piano

b)

Tamborine

c)

Bass Drum

d)

Snare Drum

5.

What is the name of this instrument?

a)

Bass Drum

b)

Piano

c)

Shaker

d)

Snare Drum

6.
Instruments in the percussion family use reeds to produce their sound.
a)
True
b)
False
7.

What is the name of this instrument?

a)

Tambourine

b)

Trombone

8.

What is the name of this instrument?

a)

Tuba

b)

Timpani

9.

What is the name of this instrument?

a)

Triangle

b)

Timpani

10.

Which instrument is a drum that has a particular sound due to the metal wires under the head on the bottom of the drum?

a)

conga drum

b)

xylophone

c)

snare drum

11.

What are the bars on a xylophone made out of?

a)

Wood

b)

Metal

c)

Plastic

d)

Matza

12.

What is this instrument?

a)

Timpani

b)

Snare Drum

c)

Bongo

d)

Bass Drum

13.

What is the little clam-shell shaped instrument from Spain called?

a)

Clam shells

b)

Castanets

c)

Finger Cymbals

d)

Baby Sharks

14.

What is this instrument?

a)

Cymbals

b)

Gong

c)

Mettalophone

d)

Castanets

15.

What instrument family do these instruments belong to?

a)

Strings

b)

Woodwind

c)

Percussion

d)

Brass

16.

Which one is NOT a percussion instrument?

a)
b)
c)
d)
17.

The types of percussion instruments are:

a)

wood and metal

b)

pitched and unpitched/non-pitched

18.

Percussion instruments can be made out of:

a)

wood

b)

metal

c)

plastic

d)

all of the above

19.

Cymbals are made out of thin wood

a)

true

b)

false

20.

What musical instrument is this?

a)

snare drum

b)

xylophone

c)

maracas

d)

tambourine