Year 8 Orchestra Quiz 2024

Match the following instruments to the correct instrument families

• String Family

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• Brass Family

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• Percussion Family

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• Woodwind Family

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Order the string Instruments from Lowest to Highest Pitch

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Order the Woodwind instruments from Highest to Lowest pitch

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Order the Brass instruments from lowest to highest pitch

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Are the following percussion instruments tuned or untuned?

Groups:

(a) Tuned

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(b) Untuned

• Marimba

• Vibraphone

• Castanets

• Maracas

• Xylophone

• Gong

• Celeste

• Timpani

• Guiro

• Triangle

• Piano

• Woodblock

• Tubular Bells

• Tambour

• Cowbell

• Claves

• Tambourine

• Glockenspeil

Why is the brass family called the brass family?

Label where each orchestral family sits on the Orchestra Seating Chart

b

c

d

e

a

Strings

Percussion

Woodwind

Conductor

Brass

An Orchestral instrumental group with no stringed instruments is called a (a)  

An ensemble that includes ONLY stringed instruments is called a ______ _________

(a)  

A smaller-sized orchestra (50 or less instruments) is called a _______ _________

(a)