Brass Family
Name one Brass instrument
Trumpet
French Horn
Trombone
Tuba
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: 200 points
Name a double reed instrument.
Oboe
Bassoon
Name a percussion instrument.
Drums
Piano
Xylophone
etc.
What are most string instruments made of?
Wood
True or False:
If you stretched a tuba out into a straight piece of tubing, it would be almost 18 feet long.
True
What was the very first brass instrument
Seashell
True or False:
A reed is a little piece of pine wood that vibrates to make a sound on a woodwind instrument.
False
What is the most popular pitched percussion instrument?
Piano
What is the smallest string instrument?
Violin
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: 400 points
How many thumb keys does the bassoon use?
5
What are the buttons on a brass instrument and what do they do?
Valves
They make the pitch go higher or lower
Name a woodwind instrument that uses one reed.
Clarinet
Saxophone
What is the most popular non-pitched percussion instrument?
Drum
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: 600 points
What are the two groups in the string family?
Classical and Popular strings
What material did drum heads used to be made of?
Animal skin
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: 800 points
Name one brass instrument that does not have valves and what does it use instead to change notes?
Trombone
A slide
Why is the flute in the woodwind family?
It used to be made of wood.
DOULBE JEOPARDY: 800 points
What are the two groups in the percussion family?
Pitched and non-pitched percussion
What is the purpose of the hole in the center of a guitar?
The sound goes in, bounces around, and comes out louder.
DOULBE JEOPARDY: 800 points
How many strings and pedals does the harp have?
47 strings
7 pedals
Brass is a mixture of two metals. What are they?
Copper and Zinc
True or False:
To be in the woodwind family you must be made of wood.
False
What was the very first percussion instrument?
Your hands
What is different about a banjo than other string instruments?
It is made of metal and uses a drum head
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: 1000 points
On a violin bow, what is the name of the handle?