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Percussion Family Pre-Test

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Percussion instruments are instruments that you:

a)

That you blow into

b)

Hit, Scrape, or Shake

c)

Strum with a pick

d)

Use a reed to play

2.

Pitched percussion instruments:

a)

Just make a sound that is High or Low

b)

Are part of the woodwind family

c)

Can Play a Melody

d)

Have to be used with air

3.

Unpitched Percussion Instruments are:

a)

Membranophones and Idiophones

b)

Made of Brass and Wood that you blow into

c)

Instruments that make high and low sounds only

d)

Instruments that you can play a melody on

4.

What instrument do you hear?

a)
b)
c)
d)
5.

What instrument do you hear?

a)
b)
c)
d)
6.

What instrument do you hear?

a)
b)
c)
d)
7.

How is this instrument played

a)

Shake

b)

Scrape

c)

Strike

d)

More than one

8.

How is this instrument played?

a)

Shake

b)

Scrape

c)

Strike

d)

More than one of the above

9.

How is this instrument played?

a)

Shake

b)

Scrape

c)

Strike

d)

More than one of the above

10.

What is the name of this instrument?

a)

Tuba

b)

Timpani

11.

What is the name of this instrument?

a)

Tambourine

b)

Trombone

12.

What is the name of this instrument?

a)

Bass Drum

b)

Piano

c)

Shaker

d)

Snare Drum

13.

What is the name of this instrument?

a)

Piano

b)

Tamborine

c)

Bass Drum

d)

Snare Drum

14.

Is this instrument part of the percussion family?

a)

No

b)

Yes

15.

What is the name of this instrument?

a)

Triangle

b)

Timpani

16.

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

17.

What are the bars on a xylophone made out of?

a)

Wood

b)

Metal

c)

Plastic

d)

Matza

18.

What is this instrument?

a)

Timpani

b)

Snare Drum

c)

Bongo

d)

Bass Drum

19.

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

a)

Clam shells

b)

Castanets

c)

Finger Cymbals

d)

Baby Sharks

20.

What is this instrument?

a)

Cymbals

b)

Gong

c)

Mettalophone

d)

Castanets

21.

Which one is NOT a percussion instrument?

a)
b)
c)
d)
22.

Percussion instruments can be made out of:

a)

wood

b)

metal

c)

plastic

d)

all of the above

23.

Cymbals are made out of thin wood

a)

true

b)

false

24.

This xylophone is a (a)   instrument. You can play songs on it.

25.

Is this Percussion instrument pitched or unpitched?

a)

Pitched

b)

Unpitched