Brass
Woodwind
Strings
Percussion
Keyboards/Electronic
100

What is the primary material used to make most brass instruments?

What is brass?

100

Which cylindrical bore woodwind instrument uses a single reed?

What is the clarinet?

100

What is the name of the smallest orchestral string instrument that is played with a bow and has four strings?

What is a violin?

100

What is the name of the large percussion instrument that is often used in orchestras and can produce a deep sound?

What is a bass drum?

100

What electronic instrument is played by not touching it?

What is the theremin?

200

Name a brass instrument that uses a slide to change pitches.

What is the trombone?

200

What woodwind instrument uses a double reed and can play higher notes?

What is the oboe?

200

Which orchestral string instrument is slightly larger than a violin and has a deeper sound?

What is a viola?

200

What pitched percussion instrument is a set of kettle shaped drums with a foot pedal used to change pitches?

What is the timpani?

200

Which electronic keyboard instrument uses electronic sounds and does not need to be connected to a computer?

What is a synthesizer?


300

Which small brass instrument uses valves and is commonly used in marching bands?

What is the trumpet?

300
What common woodwind instrument does not use a reed?

What is the flute?

300

What common folk string instrument has 6 strings of either nylon or steel, and is played by plucking or strumming the strings?

What is a guitar?

300

What percussion instrument has a set of metal wires stretched across the bottom drum head to produce a sound when struck? (Think 20th Century Fox)

What is the snare drum?

300

What is the name of the keyboard instrument that is played by pulling and pushing air through reeds?

What is an accordion?

400

What is the largest of the brass instruments that uses valves and produces low sounds?

What is the tuba?

400

What is the name of the large double reed instrument?

What is the bassoon?

400

What is the name of the string instrument that has 4 strings and is the largest in the orchestral string family?

What is a double bass?

400

What is the term for instruments like cymbals and tambourines that do not have a definite pitch?

What are unpitched percussion instruments?

400

What instrument takes up an entire building?

What is the organ?

500

What technique is used to produce sound by brass players?

What is lip buzzing?

500

What is the method of sound production in a woodwind instrument?

What is air vibrating through a tube using a reed or splitting the air?

500

What folk string instrument is played flat on the player's lap using a pick and a slide? This instrument is often used in country and bluegrass and also called a resonator guitar.

What is the dobro?

500

What instrument has tuned wooden bars?

What is the xylophone?
500

What instrument often has two keyboards and uses a plectrum to pluck the string when a key is pressed?

What is the harpsichord?

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