Instrument Family Jeopardy

Instrument Families

100

How many instrument families are there?

4

200

Which instrument family has instruments that have strings on them?

String Family

300

Which instrument family has yellow-looking instruments made of brass metal?

Brass Family

400

Which instrument family has instruments that you hit, shake, or scrape to make sound?

Percussion Family

500

Which instrument family has instruments that have lots of keys and a mouthpiece that you blow into, usually with a reed on it?

Woodwind Family

Brass Family

100

What type of metal are instruments in the brass family made of?

Brass

200

This brass instrument is the largest in this family and plays the lowest notes

Tuba

300

This brass instrument uses a slide

Trombone

400

This brass instrument is the smallest in this family and plays the highest notes

Trumpet

500

This brass instrument plays the widest range of pitches in this family, and is the longest if you could uncoil all the tubes

French Horn

Woodwind Family

100

This woodwind instrument is a small, skinny, silver tube, plays very high notes, and is the only woodwind instrument that does not use a reed

Flute

200

This woodwind instrument is usually black with silver keys, uses a reed, and is the instrument Squidward plays in Spongebob

Clarinet

300

All woodwind instruments have lots of ____ that you press with your fingers

Keys

400

Most woodwind instruments use a _____, which is a little piece that attaches to the mouthpiece and vibrates when the player blows air into the instrument

Reed

500

This woodwind instrument looks like it could be a brass instrument because of its yellow color, but it is a woodwind instrument because it uses a reed on its mouthpiece. It is also often a jazzy instrument

Saxophone

String Family

100

What do all instruments in the string family have?

Strings

200

This string instrument is held between the player's shoulder and chin. It is the smallest string instrument and plays the highest notes in the string family

Violin

300

This is the largest string instrument, plays the lowest notes, and stands upright from the ground

Double Bass

400

This string instrument is the second largest, stands upright from the ground, and the player sits behind it

Cello

500

This instrument is often mistaken for a violin - but it is a little bigger and plays lower notes

Viola

Percussion Family

100

This percussion instrument is very big, has lots of black and white keys, and plays pretty melodies

Piano

200

Snare drums are played using wooden ________ that the player taps on the drum

Drumsticks

300

This percussion instrument has wooden bars that are tapped using mallets to play pitched melodies

Xylophone

400

This percussion instrument uses two metal plates that crash together

Cymbals

500

An instrument belongs in the percussion family if you ___, ______, or _______ it to make sound

Hit, shake, scrape