This instrument is a set of drums linked together (seen here).
What are the bongos?
100
This term instructs the string player to pluck the strings.
What is pizzicato?
100
This is what must be done to each percussion instrument to play it.
What is strike or hit?
100
This family of instruments contains the violin, viola, cello, and string bass.
What is the string family?
100
Which Family is the piano in?
Percussion
200
This percussion instrument is played with a metal beater, and gets it's name directly from it's shape.
What is the triangle?
200
The player holds this item in their hand and drags it across the strings to produce sound on many string instruments.
What is the bow?
200
What are the two main types of percussion instruments?
Acceptable answers:
pitched and non-pitched
200
This is the order (from highest to lowest) of the string family.
What is the violin, the viola, the cello, and the string bass?
200
In an orchestra, this family is what you hear the most; it has the most musicians in an orchestra.
The string family
300
This instrument has metal bars, is played with 2 mallets, and comes in a blue case.
What is the glockenspiel?
300
This part of the string instrument is located at the end, and are used to change the strings of the instrument. You can raise or lower the pitch by tightening or loosening these.
What are the tuning pegs?
300
These are the two types of pitched percussion instruments we play most often in music class.
What are the xylophone and glockenspiel?
300
This instrument is the largest instrument in the string family, making it the lowest sounding.
What is the double bass?
300
This stringed instrument has the most strings (47!) of any stringed instrument.
What is the harp?
400
This is the instrument shaped like a fish (seen here), and played with a wooden mallet or stick.
What is the guiro?
400
This term instructs string players to play with the bow.
What is "arco"?
400
This is the location of the percussion section in an orchestra.
What is at the back of the orchestra?
400
These two string instruments are members of the string family, but cannot be played with a bow.
What are the harp and the guitar?
400
This family has the most different instruments out of all the instrument families.
What is the percussion family?
500
This percussion instrument makes a loud sound when you twist it back and forth across your hand (seen here).
The cabasa
500
This term means shaking your finger on a string instrument, which causes the sound to move around.
What is vibrato?
500
This is the main job of the percussion section in a band or orchestra.
What is to keep a steady beat?
500
These are the two different ways to produce sound on a string instrument.
What are bowing and plucking?
500
This is the part of a string instrument that holds the strings up. It's has a curved shape and is what the strings rest on.