Instruments and music

What are the four main instrument gruops in an orchestra?

• brass, metal, alloy, and wood

• earth, wind, water, and fire

• string, brass, woodwind, and percussion

• string, reed, wind, and water

The text contrasts the sounds that different instruments make. Why do different instruments make such different sounds?

• because the vibrations created by different instruments are different in nature

• because the different instruments all are different sizes

• because the people playing the instruments have different styles of playing

• because the orchestra plays in a special room to create different sounds

What might happen if an orchestra had three instrument families instead of four?

• There would be less variety of sounds in the orchestra's music.

• The orchestra would be quieter.

• The orchestra's music would sound terrible.

• The orchestra would not be able to play classical music.

What is the main idea of the passage you read?

• An orchestra usually has four main instrument groups: string, brass, woodwind, percussion and instruments.

• An orchestra is a group of people who play a work of music with a variety of instruments from different families.

• Orchestras usually play classical music, or music from the late 1700s in Europe.

• The largest orchestra ever assembled had 7,500 people in it, but orchestras can be small or large.

What is the name of this instrument?

Which of the instruments in the picture is a viola?

• the small one

• the big one

This instrument is called a ...

• cello

• bass

• double violin

• big string

What is the name of this instrument?

• trumpet

• tuba

• clarinet

• flute

Which of the following instruments is a bassoon?

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What is the name of this instrument?

• French horn

• trumpet

• trombone

• tuba