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Tone Color/Timbre Quiz 2

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which instrument family has instruments that are shaken, scraped, struck, etc. to make sound?

a)

Brass

b)

Woodwinds

c)

Strings

d)

Percussion

e)

Electronic

2.

Which instrument family has instruments that require speakers and amplification?

a)

Brass

b)

Woodwinds

c)

Strings

d)

Percussion

e)

Electronic

3.

Which instrument family makes sound by plucking, bowing, or strumming strings?

a)

Brass

b)

Woodwinds

c)

Strings

d)

Percussion

e)

Electronic

4.

Which instrument family includes the violin, viola, cello, bass, harp, guitar, and banjo?

a)

Brass

b)

Woodwinds

c)

Strings

d)

Percussion

e)

Electronic

5.

Which instrument family includes synthesizers, drum pads, and iPads?

a)

Brass

b)

Woodwinds

c)

Strings

d)

Percussion

e)

Electronic

6.

Which instrument family includes the drums, cymbals, triangle, chimes, glockenspiel, timpani, bells, and xylophone?

a)

Brass

b)

Woodwinds

c)

Strings

d)

Percussion

e)

Electronic

7.

Which of the following is NOT a reason that composers would change the timbre/tone color in music?

a)

Highlight a new melody

b)

Keep the steady beat

c)

Add variety or contrast to the music

d)

Add emotional impact

8.

Describes the unique sound quality of a voice or instrument.

a)

Texture

b)

Dynamics

c)

Tempo

d)

Tone Color/Timbre

9.

Voice types, and instruments, can be organized by the following categories from highest pitched to lowest pitched. _______, _____, _____, ____.

(a)  

10.

Piano belongs to which instrument group.

a)

Percussion

b)

Strings

c)

Both

d)

Neither