What is the name of the highest pitched brass instrument?Long ago it was used to announce the arrival of kings and queens.
What is the trumpet.
100
What is the name of the woodwind instrument that was first made of wood. Today it is made of metal and has a high, bright sound.
What is the flute.
100
What is the lowest sounding string instrument that stands over 6 feet tall? It is used in many styles of music including the symphony, jazz, and rock.
What is the string bass.
100
Name 3 different percussion instruments found in our music room.
What are the triangles, wood blocks, gong, rhythm sticks, tambourines, maracas, hand drums, tubano drums, xylophones, metallophones, etc.
100
What is the instrument of the angels? It has 47 strings and seven pedals. It is played by plucking the strings with the fingers of both hands. These instruments are found in almost every size and in every culture on the planet.
What is the harp.
200
What is the name of the brass instrument in which the right hand is inserted inside the bell? This instrument was once carried on horseback during fox hunts.
What is the french horn.
200
What is the name of the woodwind instrument that has a golden color and looks as though it should belong in the brass family.
What is the saxophone.
200
What is the name of the highest string instrument that has a high, brilliant sound? There are more of these instruments in a symphony orchestra than any other instrument.
What is the violin.
200
What is the name of the drums used in a concert band? Our fourth graders here at Exeter have the option to take lessons on this type of drum. In addition, they learn to how to play the bells.
What is the snare drum.
200
What is the name of the instrument that is over 300 years old and is considered to be part of two families, percussion and strings? Hammers strike the strings to make it sound.
What is the piano.
300
What are three brass instruments that are played by pressing down valves?
What is the trumpet, french horn, and tuba.
300
What is the woodwind instrument that has a nasal sound and uses a double reed?
What is the oboe.
300
What is the name of the string instrument that is played sitting down? It has a rich sound and has 4 strings like the other members of its family.
What is the cello.
300
What is the name of the percussion instrument where mallets strike wooden bars to produce different pitches?
What is the xylophone.
300
What is the name of the keyboard instrument almost always found in churches? It is also found in grand concert halls. Some of these instruments have 2, 3, or 4 keyboards. The lowest notes are played by having the feet push down pedals.
What is the organ.
400
What is the name of the brass instrument that has 7 positions and can play glissandos?
What is the trombone.
400
What is different about the reed that is used to play the clarinet/saxophone and the reed that is used to play the oboe/bassoon?
What is a single reed used to play the clarinet/saxophone and a double reed used to play the oboe/bassoon.
400
What two string instruments look like "sisters." They are similar in size, although one is slightly larger and a little lower sounding.
What is the violin and viola.
400
What is the name of the large drum that produces a low pitch? It is used in the orchestra, concert band, and marching music.
What is the bass drum.
400
What is the name of a computer that makes a variety of instrumental sounds? It first appeared in the 1950's and with its keyboard and switches can produce sounds you have never heard before!
What is the synthesizer.
500
What is the name of the brass instrument that John Philip Sousa created for tuba players who had difficulty carrying their instrument when marching in a parade.
What is the sousaphone.
500
What is the largest woodwind instrument that has the lowest pitch? It is often referred to as "the clown of the orchestra."
What is the bassoon.
500
What are the two ways to play a string instrument, such as the violin, viola, cello, and bass?
What is plucking ("Pizzicato") and bowing.
500
What is the name of the large drums that are often called kettle drums? Each drum plays a different note and orchestras usually have two to four of them.
What are the timpani drums.
500
What is the name of the keyboard instrument that was very popular during the Baroque period? It came before the piano and its strings were plucked, rather than struck. It looks like a piano but sounds very different.