All in the Family
True or False? A clarinet is part of the Woodwind Family.
True, a clarinet is part of the Woodwind Family.
True or False? A flute uses a reed.
False, a flute uses airjet because it IS a reed.
True or False. You have to buzz your lips to play a flute.
False, you have to blow across the hole.
What are the four main groups of instrument families?
Woodwind, Brass, String, Percussion.
True or False? A trumpet is part of the Woodwind Family?
False, a trumpet is NOT part of the Woodwind Family.
What material (or close to it) is a reed made out of?
Options: Cane or Bamboo.
A smaller flute (sideways), is called a what?
Piccolo
What is an ainstrument family that is NOT one of the four main groups (sub-group or alternative group)?
Name THREE woodwind instruments.
Options: Clarinet, bass clarinet, alto/tenor/baritone saxophone, oboe, english horn, bassoon, contrabasson, etc.
True or False? There are different sizes of reeds.
True. There are different size reeds for different size instruments.
True or False? The recorder is in the same family as a flute?
True, a recorder is a type of flute.
Name TWO instruments that use a SINGLE reed?
Options: clarinet, bass clarinet, alto/tenor/baritone saxophone, etc.
What is an alternative material that a reed can be made from?
Plastic.
Name the MOST common material that an orchestral flute is made from?
Metal.
There two groups of instruments COMBINED make up the WIND family.
Woodwind and Brass.
Name TWO instruments that use a DOUBLE REED.
Options: Oboe, English Horn, Bassoon, Contrabasson, etc.
True or false? The flute is the oldest instruemnt that has ever been discovered at an acheological site.
True! The flute is over 20,000 years old (probably even older).