Woodwind Instruments
Brass Instruments
Percussion Instruments
Treble Clef Instruments
Bass Clef Instruments
100
What is used to hold a single reed onto the mouthpiece?
Ligature
100
What is the largest brass instrument?
Tuba
100
Is a snare drum a membranophone or an idiophone
membranophone
100
What percussion instrument is like a xylophone but has metal bars?
Glockenspiel
100
What does a bassoon traditionally use to hold up the instrument?
Seat strap
200
What instrument is made from Grenadilla wood?
Clarinet, Oboe or Piccolo (any of these three answers would be correct)
200
What brass instrument has a funnel shaped mouthpiece?
French Horn
200
Is the timpani drum a pitched or non-pitched percussion instrument?
Pitched percussion
200
What is used on the trumpet to release excess moisture from inside the instrument?
Water Key
200
How many feet of tubing are in a tuba?
16 feet
300
What instruments are in the single reed family?
Clarinet and Saxophone
300
What is used to change the pitch on a trombone?
Slide
300
What instrument is know for its geometrical shape?
Triangle
300
How many feet of tubing are in a French horn?
12 feet
300
Who invented the Sousaphone?
John Phillip Sousa
400
What is the only woodwind instrument that doesn't use a reed?
Flute
400
How many feet of tubing are in a trumpet?
6 feet
400
What instrument is known for keeping the beat but is much larger than the snare drum?
Bass Drum
400
What instrument has a "foot"?
Flute (It has a head joint, body and a foot joint)
400
What instrument is a smaller version of the tuba?
Eupohonium
500
Who invented the saxophone?
Adolf Sax
500
What are the 4 basic parts of a brass instrument?
Mouthpiece, tubing, valves and bell
500
Is the tambourine a membranophone or an idiophone?
Membranophone (It has a single drum head stretched across one side of the shallow wooden frame)
500
The English Horn is the "bigger cousin" of what double reed instrument?
Oboe
500
What instrument is known for playing a "glissando"?
Trombone
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