Instrument Maintenance
Woodwinds
Brass
Percussion & Rhythm
Do's and Don'ts
100

This substance allows cork joints to smoothly connect and prevent cracking & tearing. It looks like chap stick. 

Cork Grease

100

This silver-coloured instrument is a hollow metal tube. The sound is produced by blowing air across the mouthpiece.

Flute

100

The highest sounding brass instrument. It is held above your lap against your face. It has 3 valves and reads on the treble clef.

Trumpet

100

This instrument is a member of both the percussion and string family. It makes sound when a key moves a hammer to hit a string inside of it. There is also an electric version.

Piano

100

At the end of every class, mouthpieces must be __

Sanitized / Washed / Cleaned

200

What substance is used to make trombone slides operate more smoothly?

Slide Spray

200

A wooden instrument that is played with a reed and many finger keys. It has 5 parts that connect with cork joints. It is Squidward's favourite

Clarinet

200

This instrument has no valves. Instead, the pitch is changed by moving a slide. It is read in the bass clef. You can make a good "Womp Womp" sound on it.

Trombone

200

This instrument requires the player to use both hands and both feet to play all the different parts of it. Some parts are metal discs, while other parts are tightened skins wrapped over cylinder tops. 

Drum Set/Kit

200

Once out of its case, an instrument must be held / carried __________________

With two hands

300

This material is used to lubricate sticky trumpet and baritone valves, using just one drop to do the job. 

Valve Oil

300

This woodwind instrument is the only one made of brass. It has a long, curved body with many keys. It comes in different sizes and is not often seen in classical music.

Saxophone

300

This brass instrument is played with three valves and sits in the player's lap. It is larger than a trumpet, but not the largest brass instrument ever. It reads the bass clef.

Baritone / Euphonium

300

This is the largest drum in the band/school. It requires a special felt mallet to play. It is sometimes called the heartbeat of the band.

Bass Drum

300

To keep reeds from being chipped, cracked or split, it must be stored ___________

By storing it in a reed case / reed hotel

400

What part of a brass instrument allows built-up moisture to be emptied out when blown into?

Water Key / Spit Valve

400

This delicate piece of bamboo attaches to sax or clarinet mouthpiece, playing it with "TUAH" causes vibration creates a loud buzzing/honking sound. They come in different sizes for different instruments.

Reed

400

This is the largest instrument in the brass family. It is the big brother of the Euphonium/Baritone and plays even lower on the bass clef. 

Tuba

400

This instrument looks partially like a piano, it has metal keys and uses mallets to play

The bells / xylophone / mallets

400

If you Hit / Bounce / Drop a brass instrument on its mouthpiece, it will

Jam / Seize / Get stuck

500

If something goes wrong with the instrument, or you are unsure of how to fix a problem, you should.... 

Get help from the teacher

500

A hollow instrument that is made of wood (or in modern times, plastic) that can be blown gently into. It has holes along the body to change the note covered by fingers. Its sound is produced as wind passes through the mouthpiece whistle at the top.

Recorder

500

This lip technique is used to make a sound in a brass mouthpiece, using air pressure.

Buzzing

500

This instrument is part of the string family that reads in the bass clef. It requires electricity to play, with the sound coming out of an amplifier. You pluck the strings to play. 

Bass guitar

500

Who is responsible for getting equipment, setting up & handling instruments properly, and returning all materials to their correct place. 

The player (YOU)