BRASS
This instruments was first made of wood, then metal keys were added. Its final form is made of all metal.
What is the flute?
A wooden rod that is strung with horse hair.
What is a bow?
Name two different drums.
What are the snare drum, timpani, bass drum, tenor drum, tom-toms, floor tom, toms, conga, bongos, and hand drum.
Name the four instrument families that are in the orchestra.
What are the strings, percussion, brass and woodwind family?
What woodwind instrument is the youngest, meaning it was invented last.
What is the saxophone?
Adolph Sax invented the saxophone less than 200 years ago in the 1840s!
Name an instrument that you hold in your left hand and place under your chin.
What is a violin or viola?
Name two percussion instruments that are played by shaking them.
What are the maracas, tambourine, sleigh bells, and shaker.
The brass instrument that is curled into a circular shape and you play it with your left hand on the valves.
What is the French Horn.
This instrument sits on the floor and you hold it with your knees.
What is the cello?
The biggest difference between the bass drum and timpani.
The timpani can change pitches.
The instruments that is used instead of a tuba in the marching band.
What is the sousaphone?
The oboe uses this kind of special reed to produce sound.
What is a double reed?
Name four string instruments
What are the harp, violin, viola, cello, double bass, ukulele, banjo, and guitar.
Name two types of percussion instruments.
What are pitched and unpitched OR melodic and non-melodic.
How a brass player produces a sound on his instrument.
What is buzzing lips?
This woodwind instrument looks very similar to an oboe, but the type of reed is different.
What is the clarinet?
These pegs are used to tune the string instrument.
What are tuning pegs.
DAILY DOUBLE!!! Name the following instrument
What is the maracas?
A group of people who play music and work towards a common goal.
What is a band?