Brass
The largest brass instrument
What is the tuba?
What is the Flute?
Name a percussion instrument you can find in this classroom
answer varies
The highest string instrument
What kind of ensemble (group of musicians) is made up of only voices? (Ms. Betz teaches this at JFK)
The highest sounding brass instrument
What is the Trumpet?
The woodwind instrument that was played by squidward
The main purpose of percussion in a band/orchestra
The only string instrument commonly played standing up/with a stool
What category of instrument is the piano? (Hint: not the keyboards)
Percussion family
The way in which a brass instrument makes a sound
Woodwind instruments played with a single reed
What is the xylophone/mallet percussion
The main thing someone uses to play a string instrument
Name three instruments that play the low sounds in ensembles.
Bass, Tuba, Trombone, Baritone, Bass drum
The brass instrument that uses a slide to play
What is the trombone?
Woodwind instruments played with a double reed
The biggest type of drum played by percussionists
What is the bass drum?
How many strings are typically on a string instrument (excluding guitar)
Name two instruments that can play chords
Piano, Guitar, Ukulele
Name the five brass instruments played in a band
Trumpet, French Horn, Baritone, Trombone, Tuba
Where in the band/orchestra is the percussion found?
The back
The bow is commonly made out of this type of hair to make a sound
What is horse hair?
The flute