Percussion Family Unit Test

Name three (3) percussion instruments

Select all of the percussion instruments that you hit or tap to play.

• SNARE DRUM

• TAMBOURINE

• MARACAS

• BASS DRUM

The timpani (or kettledrums) are the only drums that are considered to be tuned percussion instruments.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The Percussion family is the smallest in the orchestra

• TRUE

• FALSE

"Tuned" percussion instruments have ______________while "untuned" percussion instruments do not

• holes for blowing into

• lots of keys for playing different notes

• definite pitches that allow you to play different notes

• no metal on them

Another name for the chimes is ______.

• FLUTE

• TUBULAR BELLS

• DOOR BELL

• SNARE DRUM

What are some of the ways you can play a percussion instrument?

• blowing on it

• hitting it

• rubbing them together

• shaking it

The wooden bars on a xylophone and a marimba are arranged like a keyboard on a piano

• TRUE

• FALSE

Percussion are:

• instruments that are struck, scraped, or shaken

• instruments that are played using air support.

• instruments that have a reed.

What are the four (4) families of the orchestra