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Families of Instruments

Total questions: 57

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the lowest sounding Brass Instrument?

a)

Trombone

b)

Mellophone

c)

Tuba

d)

Euphonium

2.

What is the highest sounding Brass Instrument?

a)

Trombone

b)

Trumpet

c)

Tuba

d)

Triangle

3.

What are the three(four) keys/buttons on Brass Instrument called?

a)

Slide

b)

Valves

c)

Stems

d)

Buttons

4.

Instead of valves, a Trombone has a _____ to change pitch.

a)

Slide

b)

Valves

c)

Air

d)

Hand

5.

What do you buzz into to produce sound on a Brass instrument?

a)

Slide

b)

Reed

c)

Mouthpiece

d)

Hole

6.

What family has instruments including cello, violin, bass, and guitar?

a)

Percussion

b)

Strings

c)

Brass

d)

Woodwind

7.

Which instrument family is this?

a)

Strings

b)

Woodwinds

c)

Brass

d)

Percussion

8.

Instruments in the Woodwind and Brass Families use ____________ to make a sound.

a)

Air

b)

Strings

c)

Electricity

d)

Hammers

9.
What instrument family does the tuba belong to? 
a)
Percussion
b)
Strings
c)
Brass
d)
Woodwind
10.

Which instrument family does the snare drum belong to?

a)

string

b)

percussion

c)

woodwind

d)

brass

11.

This outsider instrument in the woodwind family has a body that is made out of brass.

a)

Trumpet

b)

Bassoon

c)

Saxophone

d)

Harmonica

12.

This instrument, which is no longer made of wood, is the oldest instrument in the woodwind family.

a)

Organ

b)

Recorder

c)

Flute

d)

Trombone

13.

Despite not being the largest instrument in the woodwind family, this instrument has the largest range.

a)

Clarinet

b)

Oboe

c)

Flute

d)

French Horn

14.

This instrument uses a double reed to produce a sound.

a)

Saxophone

b)

Tuba

c)

Clarinet

d)

Oboe

15.

The color of the sound

a)

Melody

b)

Pitch

c)

Timbre

d)

Harmony

16.

All wind instruments were originally made out of this type of material.

a)

Dirt

b)

Copper

c)

Rocks

d)

Wood

17.

Which is the lowest sounding double reed instrument that requires all ten fingers to play?

a)

English Horn

b)

Oboe

c)

Bassoon

d)

Saxophone

18.

What family do I belong in?

a)

String Family

b)

Brass Family

c)

Percussion Family

d)

Woodwind Family

19.

What Family do I belong in?

a)

String Family

b)

Percussion Family

c)

Woodwind Family

d)

Brass Family

20.

What Family do I belong in?

a)

Woodwind Family

b)

Brass Family

c)

Percussion Family

d)

String Family

21.

What family do I belong in?

a)

String Family

b)

Woodwind Family

c)

Percussion Family

d)

Brass Family

22.

What family do I belong in?

a)

String Family

b)

Brass Family

c)

Woodwind Family

d)

Percussion Family

23.

What family do I belong in?

a)

Brass Family

b)

Woodwind Family

c)

String Family

d)

Percussion Family

24.

What family do I belong in?

a)

Percussion Family

b)

String Family

c)

Brass Family

d)

Woodwind Family

25.

What family do I belong in?

a)

String Family

b)

Percussion Family

c)

Woodwind Family

d)

Brass Family

26.

What family do I belong in?

a)

String Family

b)

Percussion Family

c)

Brass Family

d)

Woodwind Family

27.

What family do I belong in?

a)

Percussion Family

b)

Woodwind Family

c)

Brass Family

d)

String Family

28.

BONUS: Listening - Can you name the instrument by sound? Name this instrument family.

a)

Tambourine/String Family

b)

Tambourine/Percussion Family

c)

Violin/Woodwind Family

d)

Tambourine/Woodwind Family

29.

Instruments in the Woodwind and Brass Families use ____________ to make a sound.

a)

Air

b)

Strings

c)

Electricity

d)

Hammers

30.
What are the families of the orchestra?
a)
String, Brass, Woodwind, Drums
b)
String, Metal, Wood, Wind
c)
String, Percussion, Brass, Woodwind
d)
Metal, String, Piano, Percussion
31.
What family does this instrument belong to?
a)
Woodwind
b)
Brass
c)
String
d)
Percussion
32.

What family does this instrument belong to?

a)

Brass

b)

Woodwind

c)

String

d)

Percussion

33.

What is the name of this family of instruments?

a)

Brass

b)

Drum

c)

Wood

d)

Percussion

34.

What family does instrument belong to?

a)

Woodwind

b)

Brass

c)

Percussion

d)

String

35.

What family does this instrument belong to?

a)

String

b)

Percussion

c)

Brass

d)

Woodwind

36.

What family does this belong to?

a)

String

b)

Brass

c)

Woodwind

d)

Percussion

37.

What family does this instrument belong to?

a)

Woodwind

b)

Brass

c)

String

d)

Percussion

38.

What instruments use a single reed to produce a sound?

a)

Flute

b)

Clarinet

c)

Saxophone

d)

Oboe

e)

Bassoon

39.

What instruments use a double reed or 2 reeds to produce a sound?

a)

Flute

b)

Clarinet

c)

Saxophone

d)

Oboe

e)

Bassoon

40.

What instrument is this?

a)

Trumpet

b)

Horn

c)

Trombone

d)

Euphonium/ Baritone

e)

Tuba

41.

What instrument is this?

a)

Trumpet

b)

Horn

c)

Trombone

d)

Euphonium/ Baritone

e)

Tuba

42.

What instrument is this?

a)

Trumpet

b)

Horn

c)

Trombone

d)

Euphonium/ Baritone

e)

Tuba

43.

What instrument is this?

a)

Trumpet

b)

Horn

c)

Trombone

d)

Euphonium/ Baritone

e)

Tuba

44.

What instrument is this?

a)

Trumpet

b)

Horn

c)

Trombone

d)

Euphonium/ Baritone

e)

Tuba

45.

What instrument is this?

a)

Violin

b)

Viola

c)

Cello

d)

String Bass

e)

Flute

46.

What instrument is this?

a)

Violin

b)

Viola

c)

Cello

d)

String Bass

e)

Flute

47.

What instrument is this?

a)

Violin

b)

Viola

c)

Cello

d)

String Bass

e)

Flute

48.

What instrument is this?

a)

Violin

b)

Viola

c)

Cello

d)

String Bass

e)

Flute

49.

What instrument is this?

a)

Flute

b)

Bass Drum

c)

Snare Drum

d)

Bells / Glockenspiel

e)

Piano

50.

What instrument is this?

a)

Timpani

b)

Bass Drum

c)

Snare Drum

d)

Bells / Glockenspiel

e)

Piano

51.

What instrument is this?

a)

Flute

b)

Clarinet

c)

Alto Saxophone

d)

Oboe

e)

Bassoon

52.

What instrument is this?

a)

Flute

b)

Clarinet

c)

Alto Saxophone

d)

Oboe

e)

Bassoon

53.

What instrument is this?

a)

Flute

b)

Clarinet

c)

Alto Saxophone

d)

Oboe

e)

Bassoon

54.

Match the following

a)
1.

Flute

b)
2.

Clarinet

c)
3.

Alto Saxophone

d)
4.

Oboe

e)
5.

Bassoon

55.

Match the following

a)
1.

Trumpet

b)
2.

Horn

c)
3.

Trombone

d)
4.

Euphonium/ Baritone

e)
5.

Tuba

56.

Match the following

a)
1.

Violin

b)
2.

Viola

c)
3.

Cello

d)
4.

String Bass

57.

Match the following

a)
1.

Snare Drum

b)
2.

Bass Drum

c)
3.

Timpani

d)
4.

Crash Cymbals

e)
5.

Mallet Percussion