Instruments
Music Basics & Songs
100

Which instrument is played by blowing air across a hole, not into a mouthpiece?

Flute 

100

What do we call the steady beat in music that you can clap along to?

The rhythm / the beat

200

Which instrument has 6 strings and is played by strumming or plucking?

Guitar 

200

What do we call the main tune or the part of the song you can hum?

Melody 

300

What do we call the wooden stick used to play the violin or cello?

A bow

300

What symbol tells you how many beats per measure?

Time signature 

400

Which family of instruments includes instruments you hit, shake, or scrape?

Percussion

400

What do we call the volume level of music–how loud or soft it is?

Dynamics 

500

Which instrument is the largest and lowest-sounding member of the string family?

Bass or Double bass

500

What do we call a group of three or more notes played together to create harmony?

A Chord