Take this quiz to see if you can identify characteristics of the four basic families of instruments. To pass this test (and receive a certificate), you must answer all of the questions correctly.
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1. Question
You blow into these instruments to make them sound, but you don’t buzz your lips.
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2. Question
These can be two types: flutes and reeds (single or double reeds.)
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3. Question
These instruments were originally made of wood, but nowadays are often made of polymers (plastic) and sometimes of metal.
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4. Question
Some instruments in this family can play a whole scale (do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do), melodies, or even harmonies. Some, however, can only play one note (unless the tuning is changed.)
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5. Question
Some of these instruments are tuned (they play specific notes) and some of them are not.
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6. Question
To make these instruments sound, you hit, shake, or scrape them.
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7. Question
These instruments look fairly similar, but there are four different sizes. The smallest one is held on the shoulder, and the biggest one has to be played standing up or seated on a high stool.
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8. Question
In an orchestra, instruments in this family are usually played with a bow.
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9. Question
These instruments make their sound through the vibration of stretched strings.
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10. Question
One instrument in this family has a long slider that you move to change the note.
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11. Question
To play these instruments, you have to blow while making a buzzing sound with your lips.
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12. Question
In this family, the instruments are basically long metal tubes curled up into a shape that makes it possible for a player to hold them.
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