What is the name of a stringed instrument held under the chin to play?
violin or viola
100
What is one of the highest Woodwind instruments?
piccolo or flute
100
What is the highest Brass instrument?
trumpet
100
What are some of the ways to play percussion instruments?
hitting, scraping, shaking
100
What is a Woodwind instrument that has no reed?
flute or piccolo
200
What is the lowest stringed instrument in the Orchestra?
String Bass
200
What is a Woodwind instrument sometimes referrred to as the "licorice stick"?
clarinet
200
What is the Brass instrument which uses a slide called?
trombone
200
What are some Percussion instruments?
drums, triangles, tambourines, xylophones
200
What is the oldest String instrument of the entire String family?
harp
300
What is the name of the instrument in the String family whose player has to stand or sit on a high stool to play it?
String Bass
300
What is the thin strip of cane on the mouthpiece of a Woodwind instrument called?
a reed
300
What is the lowest Brass instrument?
tuba
300
What is the name of a Percussion instrument which comes from China and is a large, thin plate struck with a soft rubber mallet?
Chinese Gong
300
What is the name of the instrument which received its name from Adolphe Sax, A Belgian instrument-maker, who invented it while working on improvements for the clarinet?
saxophone
400
What is the direction the pitches will go if a person plays strings in order from thicker to thinner?
the pitches will go up
400
What are the buttons on a Woodwind instrument called?
keys
400
What are the buttons on a Brass instrument called?
valves
400
What is the name of a pitched Percussion instrument?
xylophone, glockenspiel, piano
400
How are the lips used to produce a tone on a brass instrument?
the lips are buzzed
500
Name the stringed instruments included in the Orchestra from smallest to largest.
violin, viola, cello, string bass
500
What is the little "sister" or "brother" of the flute called?
piccolo
500
What is the opening at the end of a Brass instrument called?
the bell
500
What are some of the categories of Percussion instruments that are unpitched?
skins, woods, metals, scrapers, shakers
500
What is the name of the instrument family whose job is to maintain and accent rhythm?