Woodwind
Brass
Percussion
String
Care & Cleaning
Weird & Wonderful
The Kitchen Sink
100
What is the name of this instrument?
Clarinet
100
What is this?
Mouthpiece
100
True or False: All mallets are the same hardness.
False
Mallets can be made of different materials of varying hardnesses, such as rubber, plastic or yarn, for playing on different kinds of pitched or unpitched percussion instruments (wood, metal, plastic).
100
An electric bass has how many strings?
Four. E, A, D, and G.
100
What are the three rules of opening our instrument cases?
1) Cases on the floor
2) Happy Faces Up
3) Case Handles Facing Towards the Musician (You!)
100
What family does this instrument belong to?
The brass family
100
What is this?
A reed
200
What part of the instrument is this?
Bell
200
This brass instrument is played with one hand inside the bell of the instrument.
French Horn
200
What kind of drum am I?
Bass Drum
200
Which stringed instrument has the highest pitched strings?
Violin
200
What is Sterisol for?
Sterisol cleans, deodorizes, and disinfects instruments and mouthpieces without damaging materials or finishes.
200
Which instrument family does this instrument belong to?
The Woodwind Family
200
When my instrument is out of its case I should always hold it with both ______ and never leave it sitting on a _____.
hands; chair
300
Which two common woodwind instruments do NOT require a reed?
Flute & Piccolo
300
I change pitches using a slide instead of keys or valves. What am I?
Trombone
300
What are three ways percussion instruments produce sound?
Striking, Scraping & Shaking
300
Which stringed instrument is positioned between the musician's legs while being played?
Cello
300
What am I?
Cleaning rod
Thread a cloth through the open end of the rod and gently clean out moisture, dust and debris from inside your instrument.
300
When an instrument has a large amount of room for air to flow through, what sort of pitch and tone are produced?
Lower Pitch & Deeper Tone
300
Which instrument families do I belong to?
String AND Percussion Families
400
How does a musician produce sound on a reed mouthpiece woodwind instrument?
Air is blown across the reed, vibrating the air down the tube of the instrument to produce sounds.
400
How does a musician produce sound on a brass instrument?
Buzzing lips and blowing through the mouthpiece.
400
Which unpitched percussion instrument produces sound when scraping its wooden ridges?
Guiro
400
This large stringed instrument is played by sitting and plucking its many individual strings with both hands.
Harp
400
When putting instruments from any family away in their cases, always make sure the instrument pieces ___ _______ before closing the case.
Fit Properly.
Never force the case closed. That usually means something isn't fitting properly! Always check for pieces to be in their proper indentations with the correct side facing up before closing and locking your instrument case to avoid damaging your instrument.
400
What specific kind of animal hair is used to create the soft part of orchestral string instrument bows?
Tail hair from horses!
400
The way a player shapes their mouth to produce sound is called what?
Embouchure
500
What am I and what is my purpose?
Ligature
A device which holds a reed onto the mouthpiece of a single-reed instrument such as a saxophone or clarinet.
500
Which brass instrument wraps around the musician's body while being played?
Sousaphone
500
I have large wooden keys similar to those on a piano and am usually played with two to four yarn mallets at a time. What am I?
Marimba
500
What is the name of a group of string players who perform together?
String Orchestra
500
Three necessary care & cleaning accessories every woodwind player should have stored in their instrument case are:
Cleaning swab, polishing cloth and cork grease.
Cleaning swabs are necessary for removing moisture from the inside of woodwind instruments, polishing cloths for cleaning the outside of the instruments, and the occasional application of cork grease to help us assemble instrument pieces in a gentle manner without having to force pieces together.
500
I am a double reed instrument known as the "clown of the orchestra." What am I?
The Bassoon.
Composer Ebenezer Prout first gave the bassoon this name based on his interpretation of its sound.
500
What is the oldest known instrument in the world?
Flute!
A 60,000 year old Neanderthal flute is the oldest known musical instrument in the world.