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Orchestra
Family 1
Family 2
Family 3
Family 4
100
How many instrument families are in the orchestra?
4
100
Name 4 instruments of the string family
Violin, viola, cello, bass, harp
100
To play the flute, blow across the hole just like you are blowing across the top of a ___________.
bottle
100
What does a brass player do with his or her lips to play a brass instrument?
Buzzing
100
Which drum has wires tightened across the bottom that give it a distinct sound?
snare drum
200
Name the four families of the orchestra.
Strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion
200
What are two ways to produce sound on a string instrument?
plucking or bowing
200
Name four instruments of the woodwind family.
Flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, saxophone
200
The trumpet has _________ that a player pushes down on to open up tubes of different lengths.
Valves
200
Which drum is larger and played with a soft beater?
bass drum
300
To which family does the harp belong?
string
300
Which is larger - the violin or the viola?
viola
300
On a clarinet, the sound is made by vibration of the _________, a piece of cane fastened to the mouthpiece.
reed
300
Which brass instrument has a bell in which a player places his or her hand to soften the sound?
French Horn
300
What is another name for kettle drums?
timpani
400
Which family includes the different types of drums?
percussion
400
Which instrument is often larger than the person playing it?
bass
400
Because the bassoon is larger that the oboe, it make ________ sounds.
lower
400
Which brass instrument does not have valves but uses a slide to make higher or lower sounds?
Trombone
400
Any instrument that is __________ or ____________ to make a sound is a percussion instrument.
beaten or shaken
500
Which two families require a player to blow air into them to make a sound?
brass and woodwind
500
When playing with a bow, the bow catches on the strings causing them to ____________.
vibrate
500
Which instrument actually has a brass body but belongs to the woodwind family because it has a woodwind mouthpiece and reed?
saxophone
500
Which brass instrument makes the lowest sounds?
Tuba
500
Name 2 percussion instruments that you have seen in our classroom.
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