Woodwinds
Brass
Percussion
Terms
Terms
100

Which woodwind has a reed and is made out of wood?

What is a clarinet?

100

What brass instrument is made out of brass and has a slide with a tuning slide?

What is a trombone?

100

Which percussion instrument is tuned and changes the pitch by stretching or loosening the drumheads?

What is a timpani?

100

What shows how many notes are played in each measure?

What is a time signature?

100

What indicates sound in a measure?

What is a note?

200

Which woodwind has a reed and is made out of brass?

What is a saxaphone?

200

What brass instrument has three buttons that are pressed?

What is a trumpet?

200

Which percussion instrument consists of wooden bars struck by mallets?

What is a xylophone?

200

What indicates silence in a measure?

What is a rest?

200

What tells you what sharps, flats, and naturals to play throughout the piece?

What is a key signature?

300

What woodwind is made out of metal?

What is a flute?

300

What is the largest and lowest brass instrument?

What is a tuba?

300

Which percussion instrument consists of metal bars struck by mallets?

What is a glockenspiel?

300

What are the 5 horizontal lines that hold notes called?

What is a staff?

300

What indicates when a note gets louder or softer?

What are dynamics?

400

What woodwind has a reed, is made out of wood, and has a floor peg?

What is a bass clarinet?

400

Which brass instrument sounds quite different from the others and has a hand-covering technique?

What is a french horn?

400

Which percussion instrument is normally played with bare hands and usually has jingles or pellet bells attached to it?

What is a tambourine?

400

What is the main line of music?

What is the melody?

400

What is the total number of beats a dotted quarter note gets?

What is 1 1/2?

500

What woodwind has a double reed and is made out of wood?

What is an oboe?

500

What is the alto and brass form that substitutes for the french horn in marching bands?

What is a mellophone?

500

What is considered a percussion instrument and has wire strings that sound when struck by felt-covered hammers?

What is a piano?

500

What is the combination of simultaneously sounded musical notes to produce chords and chord progressions?

What is a harmony?

500

What is a single unit of time featuring a specific number of beats played at a particular tempo?

What is a measure?