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Music: Elementary School: Grades 3, 4 and 5 Quiz - Instruments (Questions)

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Many children learn a musical instrument when they are young. Are you learning one? You may know quite a lot about the instrument you play, but what about other instruments?

See how well you do in this enjoyable quiz on musical instruments.

1. Why are musical instruments organized into families?
[ ] Instruments in the same family were all made by the same craftsmen and craftswomen
[ ] An orchestra looks tidier when matching instruments are together
[ ] It helps musicians to work together better
[ ] The instruments in a family are related to each other
2. Which of the following instruments is NOT a member of the brass family?
[ ] French horn
[ ] Trombone
[ ] Clarinet
[ ] Tuba
3. The flute is a member of the ____.
[ ] brass family
[ ] woodwind family
[ ] percussion family
[ ] string family
4. Which of these instruments belongs in the string family?
[ ] Oboe
[ ] Piccolo
[ ] Tambourine
[ ] Cello
5. The xylophone belongs in the same family as the ____.
[ ] castanets
[ ] tuba
[ ] viola
[ ] saxophone
6. Which of these instruments does NOT have strings?
[ ] Piano
[ ] Double bass
[ ] Bassoon
[ ] Harp
7. Which of these is an untuned instrument?
[ ] Bass drum
[ ] Flute
[ ] Violin
[ ] Glockenspiel
8. To play a woodwind instrument, the musician must ____.
[ ] press the keys
[ ] open and close the holes with his or her fingers
[ ] blow air through the mouthpiece and open or close the holes with his or her fingers
[ ] make a buzzing sound into the mouthpiece
9. Which of these instruments can play the highest pitch?
[ ] Bassoon
[ ] Oboe
[ ] Flute
[ ] Piccolo
10. Which of these instruments would you need a lot of breath to play?
[ ] Violin
[ ] Tuba
[ ] Piano
[ ] Double bass
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Music: Elementary School: Grades 3, 4 and 5 Quiz - Instruments (Answers)
1. Why are musical instruments organized into families?
[ ] Instruments in the same family were all made by the same craftsmen and craftswomen
[ ] An orchestra looks tidier when matching instruments are together
[ ] It helps musicians to work together better
[x] The instruments in a family are related to each other
A family of instruments are similar to each other - they may look similar, be made of similar materials or be played in the same way
2. Which of the following instruments is NOT a member of the brass family?
[ ] French horn
[ ] Trombone
[x] Clarinet
[ ] Tuba
Although these instruments were often made of other materials such as horn, wood and shell, the modern members of the brass family are usually made of - brass!
3. The flute is a member of the ____.
[ ] brass family
[x] woodwind family
[ ] percussion family
[ ] string family
In the past, flutes were made of wood, as were the other members of the woodwind family
4. Which of these instruments belongs in the string family?
[ ] Oboe
[ ] Piccolo
[ ] Tambourine
[x] Cello
The cello is a member of the traditional string quartet
5. The xylophone belongs in the same family as the ____.
[x] castanets
[ ] tuba
[ ] viola
[ ] saxophone
Xylophones and castanets both belong to the percussion family
6. Which of these instruments does NOT have strings?
[ ] Piano
[ ] Double bass
[x] Bassoon
[ ] Harp
A piano has wire strings, although you can't always see them, unlike the strings of harps and the double bass
7. Which of these is an untuned instrument?
[x] Bass drum
[ ] Flute
[ ] Violin
[ ] Glockenspiel
An untuned instrument cannot be made to play a chosen pitch - you could not play a scale on an untuned instrument
8. To play a woodwind instrument, the musician must ____.
[ ] press the keys
[ ] open and close the holes with his or her fingers
[x] blow air through the mouthpiece and open or close the holes with his or her fingers
[ ] make a buzzing sound into the mouthpiece
Remember to read all four answers before making your choice
9. Which of these instruments can play the highest pitch?
[ ] Bassoon
[ ] Oboe
[ ] Flute
[x] Piccolo
The piccolo is the smallest member of the woodwind family and can therefore play the highest pitch
10. Which of these instruments would you need a lot of breath to play?
[ ] Violin
[x] Tuba
[ ] Piano
[ ] Double bass
The tuba is a member of the brass family