Band Instrument Jeopardy!

Woodwinds

100

This instrument is often used in Jazz music

What is the Saxophone

200

This instrument has the greatest range in the woodwind family

What is the clarinet

300

This instrument does not use a reed to produce its sound, instead players must blow their air across an aperture

What is the flute

400

These two instruments use a single reed on a mouthpiece to create their sound

What is the Clarinet and Saxophone

500

All band woodwind instruments have this feature in common which is used to change notes on the instrument

What is keys

Brass

100

This instrument uses a slide to change its pitches

What is a trombone

200

This instrument is the largest instrument in the brass family

What is the tuba

300

This small valved brass instrument pays the highest pitches in the brass family

What is the trumpet

400

Playing this valved brass instrument involves placing the hand in the bell

What is the French Horn

500

This technique is used to create a sound on a brass instrument using a circular metal mouthpiece

What is buzzing

Pitched Percussion

100

This instrument has metal bars and is usually played with a hard acrylic or metal mallet. It was used in Hedwig's Theme from Harry Potter

What is the Concert Bells or Glockenspiel

200

This instrument has metal bars and a pedal that when pressed down sustains the notes played allowing the bars to vibrate longer

What is a vibraphone

300

This instrument consists of four large drums. You can change the pitch of each drum by adjusting a pedal attached to the drum. 

What is the Timpani

400

These two pitched percussion instruments have wooden bars and resonators. One is smaller and uses harder yarn and acryllic mallets while the other uses softer yarn mallets

What is the xylophone and marimba

500

This type of tool is used to play virtually all pitched percussion instruments

What is a mallet

Non-Pitched Percussion

100

Virtually all drums in the band are played using this type of tool

What is a drumstick

200

This instrument consists of multiple instruments including the snare drum, kick drum, toms, high hats, and various types of cymbals

What is the drum set

300

This drum produces a unique sound by tightly stretching textured metal bands across the underside of the drum

What is the snare drum

400

This instrument is one of the largest drums. It is often found with a legitimate animal skin for its drum head. It makes a low bass sound.

What is the bass drum

500

This instrument consists of 3 point shape. It is played using a metal tool called a beater. 

What is the triangle