Instrument

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Instrument Jeopardy
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Orchestra
Strings
Wood- winds
Brass
Percussion
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Orchestra (100)

• The orchestra is made up of four instrument
  families.
• True or False?

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True
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Orchestra (200)

• What is the name of the person who directs the
  orchestra?

Answer The conductor
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Orchestra (300)

• What instrument family is featured in an
  orchestra and not in a Band?

Answer Strings
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Orchestra (400)

• The average modern orchestra has 90 members.
• True or False?
• True

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Orchestra (500)

• Where did the first orchestra begin?

Answer Egypt
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Strings (100)

• What are the 4 main string instruments of the
  orchestra?

Answer Violin, Viola, Cello and Double Bass
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Strings (200)

• What is the highest pitched instrument in the
  string family?

Answer Violin
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Strings (300)

• The bodies of string instruments are made of
  wood and are hollow or solid?

Answer Hollow
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Strings (400)

• The string section makes up more than half of
  the orchestra.

True or False? True
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Strings (500)

• What is the only string instrument that has
  pedals as well as several strings?

Answer Harp
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Woodwinds (100)

• Woodwinds are all made of wood.
• True or False?
• False

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Woodwinds (200)

• You have to blow into a woodwind instrument in
  order to produce a sound.
• True or False
• True

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Woodwinds (300)

• What is the small piece of wood-like material
  that is used to produce sound on some woodwinds?
• Answer
• A Reed

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Woodwinds (400)

• What is the lowest pitched woodwind instrument
  of the orchestra?
• Answer
• Bassoon

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Woodwinds (500)

• What woodwind instrument plays the tuning note
  at the beginning of a concert?
• Answer
• Oboe

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Brass (100)

• All brass instruments have a mouthpiece and a
  bell.
• True or False?
• True

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Brass (200)

• What lip technique is used to produce sound on
  a brass instrument?
• Answer
• Buzzing

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Brass (300)

• What is the only brass instrument that has a
  slide instead of valves?
• Answer
• Trombone

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Brass (400)

• The brass section is the softest in the
  orchestra.
• True or False?
• False

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Brass (500)

• What is the name of the metal or plastic
  cone-shaped object used by brass players to
  soften the sound of their instrument?

Answer A Mute
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Percussion (100)

• Sound is produced on percussion instruments by
  striking or shaking.
• True or False?
• True

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Percussion (200)

• What is the instrument that produces a loud,
  crashing sound?
• Answer
• Cymbals

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Percussion (300)

• What is the lowest sounding type of drum?
• Answer
• Bass Drum

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Percussion (400)

• What percussion instrument looks like a large
  xylophone and is played with soft mallets?
• Answer
• Marimba

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Percussion (500)

• All percussion instruments are untuned.
• True or False?
• False

To Final Jeopardy
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Final Jeopardy
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Final Jeopardy

• What is the one instrument in the orchestra that
  can be part of either the string or the
  percussion family?
• Answer
• Piano

NYS Music Standards
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New York State Music Standards