Music Knowledge
Regular, repeated patterns of sound
What is rhythm?
This percussion instrument has the name of a three-sided shape, and is hit with a thin rod.
What is a triangle?
This piece is used by every brass instrument, in which a performer "Buzzes" into to produce sound through the instrument
What is a mouthpiece?
Every stringed instrument played in the orchestra uses one of these, which glides back and forth over the strings to produce music
What is a bow?
Most woodwind instruments require this wooden piece in the mouthpiece to produce a sound
What is a reed?
The musical alphabet
What is A, B, C, D, E, F, and G?
The three different ways to play a percussion instrument
What is hit, shake, and scrape?
The "big daddy" of all brass instruments with the lowest voice
What is the tuba?
This the smallest of the stringed instruments with the highest voice and is the most popular of the four
What is the violin?
This woodwind instrument is a single-reed instrument and has a shape similar to a tube with many keys (the color is generally black)
What is the clarinet?
The space notes
What are F, A, C, and E?
These percussion instruments are generally hit with sticks on the top of their "heads"
What are drums?
This brass instrument has the highest pitch and is the smallest of the brass instruments
What is the trumpet?
This instrument is generally seen as the violin's "big brother" with an alto voice
What is the viola?
This curved woodwind instrument is often mistaken as a brass instrument due to its brassy color, but has a reed and keys instead of valves
What is the saxophone?
The line notes
What are E, G, B, D, and F?
These percussion instruments have a handle that attach to a bulb, and makes sound when you shake them.
What are maracas?
This instrument is set apart from other brass instruments because it does not use valves to change notes, but a slide
What is the trombone?
This stringed instrument is the tenor voice in the strings family and is a bit smaller than the bass
What is the cello?
This woodwind instrument is the only one that is played without the use of a reed, and is held to the side instead of the front
What is the flute?
A pleasing arrangement of notes that form music
What is a melody?
This instrument is played with mallets, which hit different wooden bars to play different notes
What is the xylophone?
This brass instrument's bell does not point straight ahead of the performer or towards the ceiling, but instead is played off to the side of the performer where the bell faces behind them
What is the french horn?
This stringed instrument has the lowest voice and is commonly heard being plucked in a jazz tune.
What is the bass?
This woodwind instrument is often taught to students in elementary school, and has neither a reed nor keys, but a mouthpiece and open holes
What is the recorder?