WorksheetsBrass Family Unit Test
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 24mins
Where was Louis Armstrong born?
New Orleans, Louisiana
Chicago, Illinois
New York City, New York
Los Angeles, California
What happened to Louis Armstrong at the age of 11?
He started playing the trumpet.
He joined a band.
He dropped out of school.
He moved to New York.
What did Louis Armstrong do to earn money at a young age?
He worked in a factory
He delivered newspapers
He sang in a choir
He played the trumpet on street corners
Where did Louis Armstrong live for most of his childhood?
Reform school for misbehaved children
Milatary school
With his parents
None of the above
What was one of Louis Armstrong's well known pieces?
What a Wonderful World
Bohemian Rhapsody
Stairway to Heaven
Hotel California
Where did Miles Davis grow up?
New York City
Chicago
East St. Louis
Los Angeles
What instrument is Miles Davis known for?
Piano
Trumpet
Saxophone
Guitar
What was one of Miles Davis most known albums?
Kind of Blue
Baby Brew
Sketches of Spain
In a Silent Way
Miles Davis faced challenges such as:
Racial discrimination
Financial difficulties
None of the above
All of the above
How do you create a sound from a brass instrument?
By blowing air through the instrument, and buzzing your lips
By plucking the strings
By striking the instrument with a mallet
By pressing keys on a keyboard
What is the highest sounding brass instrument?
Trumpet
French Horn
Trombone
Tuba
What is the lowest sounding brass instrument?
Trumpet
French Horn
Trombone
Tuba
What does every brass instrument have?
A reed
A mouthpiece
Strings
Keys
There are two different ways to make a tuba
(Concert Tuba and Marching Tuba)
True
False
A trombone has three valves
True
False
Circle the trombone
Circle the french horn
Circle the tuba
Circle the trumpet
You can put a mute into a brass instrument and it will make a different sound.
True
False
All Brass Instruments have a bell at the end of the instrument.
True
False
Etra Credit: What was Louis Armstrongs VERY FIRST instrument?
Trumpet
Piano
Tamborine
Harmonica
Circle and label the three main parts of a trumpet.
Mouth Peice
Valves
Bell
