Definitions
Pitched Percussion
Non-Pitched Percussion
Membranophones
Idiophones
100
____________ percussion instruments are instruments that are able to play both the melody and the rhythm.
Pitched
100
What instrument uses a pedal at the base to change the pitch.
Timpani (Kettle Drums)
100
What instrument has wire coils stretched along the base of the drum to give it a unique sound?
Snare Drum
100

What are the 3 types of drums used in the Marching Band?

Snare Drum, Bass Drum and Tenor Drum (Tom-Tom)

100
How many keys are on a piano?
88 keys
200
What is the highness or lowness of a note?
Pitch
200
What instrument is part of the percussion family and the string family.
Piano
200
What instrument helps keep the beat and is much larger than the snare drum?
Bass Drum
200

When the snares are released on a snare drum, what instrument does it sound like?

tenor drum (tom-tom)

200
True or False: The castanets are used when someone tries to catch fish.
False
300
__________ percussion instruments keep the beat and play the rhythm.
Non-pitched
300
What is a small keyboard instrument with metal bars.
Glockenspiel
300
What instrument is know for its geometrical shape?
Triangle
300
What is the only membranophone that is a pitched percussion instrument?
Timpani (kettle drum)
300
What instrument is like a xylophone but its bars are made from a softer wood giving is a more mellow sound?
Marimba
400

The way musical notes of different lengths are arranged in time.

Rhythm

400
When you press down on the pedal of a timpani drum, what does it do to the sound? Raise the pitch or lower the pitch?
Raise the pitch
400
What instrument do you clash together to produce a sudden and high pitched sound.
Crash Cymbals
400
_______________ are instruments that have animal skin or plastic stretched over a resonating chamber.
Membranophones
400
What is a smaller version of a cow bell?
Calf bell
500
The speed at which music is played.
Tempo
500
What keyboard instrument starts with the letter "X"?
Xylophone
500

What instrument requires 4 way body coordination because each body part plays a different instrument?

Drum Set

500
Membranophones are struck with the hand, mallets or __________ _____________.
drum sticks
500
Tubular Bells are a set of hollow metal ________ hung from a rack.
tubes
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