Woodwind
Name a single-reed woodwind instrument
Recorder, clarinet, saxophone
What type of material are brass instruments typically made of?
Brass
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What Bruno Mars song did we listen to in Music Class?
Count On Me
Name a double-reed woodwind instrument
Bassoon, double-bassoon, oboe
Which brass instrument that we've studied has the highest pitch?
Trumpet (the real highest is piccolo trumpet)
Which woodwind instrument has the highest pitch?
Piccolo
What simple wooden or plastic flute-like instrument is often taught in schools?
The recorder (flauta)
Which woodwind instrument has the lowest pitch?
Bassoon
Which brass instrument has the lowest pitch?
Tuba (specifically, the contrabass tuba)
Name one mixed wind instrument
Harmonica, accordion, organ
What is the "estribillo" in English?
Refrain or chorus
Name one feature that a woodwind instrument must have.
Has keys or holes; uses air
Which brass instrument does not have valves (device that redirects airflow)?
Trombone
Define or explain what a wind instrument is
An instrument from which sound is produced by a column of air passing through the interior of a tube.
What instrument family do castanets belong to?
Percussion (they are a wood idiophone instrument of indefinite pitch)
Some instruments have an opening whose edges are cut at an angle, rather than straight. What is this opening called?
Bevelled aperture
Which instrument uses a sliding tube to change pitch (and has a bold, brassy sound)?
Trombone
Which wind instrument involves a bag that contains its air supply?
Bagpipes
What type of 1970s music did we learn about earlier this year (with the song "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor)?
Disco!