Strings
Brass
Percussion
Woodwind
Can you Remember this?
100
This instrument has 4 strings and we have 5th graders learning how to play it.
What is a violin?
100
This instrument is the highest sounding brass instrument.
What is the trumpet?
100
You can play this instrument by either hitting it with your hand or sticks.
What is a drum?
100
This silver instrument sometimes sounds like a bird.
What is the flute?
100
This person was the first famous black musician in jazz.
Who is Louis Armstrong?
200
This is a string instrument found in a jazz band and an orchestra. It can only be played standing up.
What is a double bass?
200
This is the largest brass instrument.
What is the tuba?
200
This melodic instrument is made of many wood bars.
What is a xylophone?
200
This single reed instrument can be found in a jazz band and is NOT found in an orchestra.
What is the saxophone?
200
This person was a famous composer who wrote his first piece of music at a very young age. He was inspired to write his music by things in nature.
Who is Mozart?
300
This string instrument can be found in an orchestra and can only be played sitting down.
What is a cello or harp.
300
This brass instrument does not have valves (keys) and only has a slide.
What is the trombone?
300
DAILY DOUBLE! This wood instrument can be played by scraping a stick across it.
What is a guiro?
300
This black instrument is held like a recorder and can be found in a jazz band and an orchestra
What is the clarinet?
300
Sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.
Sing the song.
400
DAILY DOUBLE! This is a Chinese string instrument.
What is an erhu.
400
This is the instrument that Louis Armstrong played.
What is the cornet?
400
Name an instrument that you shake.
What are maracas, jingle bells or tambourine?
400
DAILY DOUBLE! This black woodwind instrument is sometimes called the duck of the orchestra and has a double reed.
What is the oboe?
400
This instrument is found in Brazilian music and is sometimes called "animal in a box".
What is a cuica?
500
This string instrument has a round body and can be found in country or bluegrass music.
What is a banjo.
500
To hold this brass instrument, you need to put your hand in the bell. Hint: This instrument's name is related to a country.
What is the French horn?
500
Name one kind of Brazilian drum.
What is the repinique, surdo or caixa?
500
This double reed instrument is related to the oboe and can only be played sitting down.
What is the bassoon?
500
This instrument is found in Peru and is also called the panpipe.
What is a siku?
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