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Woodwind
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Miscellaneous
100
The smallest and highest woodwind instrument?
What is a Piccolo?
100
The name for the keys which are used to change note in trumpets and horns
What are valves?
100
The lowest member of the string family
What is a double bass
100
The tuned percussion instrument that changes note with pedals
What are timpani?
100
The name of the person in charge of directing the orchestra?
What is a conductor?
200
An instrument which uses a single reed
What is a clarinet?
200
The name given to the part of the instruments that allows the trombone to change note
What is the slide?
200
The material that the bow hair is made from
What is horse hair?
200
The drum that has metal wires which rattle
What is a snare drum?
200
The number of sections of violins in an orchestra
What are first and second violins?
300
The lowest instrument in the woodwind family
What is a bassoon?
300
The name given to the end of the brass instrument
What is a bell?
300
The technique of plucking the string.
What is pizzicato?
300
The name given to the sticks that you play a xylophone with
What are mallets?
300
The name given to the violinist that sits at the front
What is a leader?
400
Both the oboe and bassoon belong to this type of woodwind group
What is a double reed instrument?
400
The name given to instruments which are written in different keys
What is a transposing instrument?
400
The clef in which the viola is written.
What is the alto clef?
400
The instrument that continues to get louder after you have stopped playing it.
What is a tamtam?
400
The technique used to articulate notes in woodwind and brass instruments
What is tonguing?
500
The key in which the clarinet is in
What is B flat?
500
The two sides that the French Horn is in
What are F and B flat?
500
The number of strings on a concert harp
What has 47 strings?
500
The technique of playing a stroke on the edge of a drum
What is a rim shot?
500
The name given to the positioning of the mouth on a woodwind or brass instrument
What is an embouchure?