Musical Instruments
This woodwind instrument is played by holding it sideways and blowing into a tone hole.
Flute
What is a saying for notes that fall on the lines of the Treble Clef?
Every Good Bird Does Fly
Every Good Boy Does Fine
This type of note receives 1 beat of sound (TA)
Quarter Note
These instruments are in the percussion family, and are hollow, color-coded, plastic tubes.
Boomwhacker
One quarter note + one quarter note.
2 beats
The Trombone and Trumpet are part of what instrument family?
Brass
This is the note on the 3rd space of the treble clef.
C
This type of note holds out 4 beats of sound (TA-2-3-4)
Whole note
This pitched percussion instrument is played by striking its keys/ bars with what?
A Mallet
One half note + one half note.
4 beats
This brass instrument has a slide that moves to adjust the sound as it's played.
Trombone
This is the 2nd line on the Treble Clef
G
This note holds out 2 beats of sound (Ta-a)
Half Note
Name 3 percussion instruments that can play specific musical notes or pitches.
Marimba, xylophone, glockenspiel, bells, vibraphone, boomwhacker, piano, steeldrums/ steelpans, tabla, timpani, etc.
One quarter note + one half note.
3 beats
This percussion instrument is made of METAL bars, is played by mallets, and is shaped like a piano keyboard.
(Hint: It is not a xylophone!)
The Bells (Glockenspiel)
These are the letters in the musical alphabet going FORWARDS
ABCDEFG
2 of these notes make 1 beat. (Ti-Ti)
Eighth notes
Name 3 percussion instruments that are classified as drums.
Bongo, Snare Drum, Bass Drum, Tom Tom, Conga, Tabla, etc.
One quarter note + one whole note
5 beats
This instrument is classified as both a string and percussion instrument.
Piano
How many lines are there in a staff?
5 lines
1 beat of silence is called a ______
Rest (Quarter Rest)
What color is the Boomwhacker that plays the note C?
Red
One half note + one whole note.
6 beats
Name the main 4 families of instruments.
Woodwinds, Brass, Percussion, Strings
What is the term for the distance between one note (like C) and the next note with its same letter (the next C).
(Hint: 8 notes apart)
Octave
2 beats of silence is called a ______
Half Rest
What decade was the boomwhacker invented?
1990's!
(1995 to be exact)
One whole note + one whole note
8 beats