Musical Instruments for Year 1: Explore Sounds and Rhythms

Question 1

How do you play a recorder?

Accepted Answer

Blowing into the mouthpiece

Answer

Plucking the strings

Answer

Striking the keys

Answer

Rubbing the bow

Question 2

Which part of the piano makes the sound?

Accepted Answer

The hammers

Answer

The keys

Answer

The pedals

Answer

The strings

Question 3

What is the name of the group of instruments that includes the violin, viola, and cello?

Accepted Answer

Strings

Answer

Woodwinds

Answer

Brass

Answer

Percussion

Question 4

What is a conductor's role in an orchestra?

Accepted Answer

Leading the musicians

Answer

Playing the instruments

Answer

Singing the lyrics

Answer

Tuning the instruments

Question 5

Which part of a guitar is used to change the pitch of the strings?

Accepted Answer

The frets

Answer

The strings

Answer

The body

Answer

The neck

Question 6

What is the name of the musical symbol that indicates a pause in the music?

Accepted Answer

Rest

Answer

Note

Answer

Key signature

Answer

Time signature

Question 7

On a violin, where do you place your fingers to create sound?

Accepted Answer

Fingerboard

Answer

Strings

Answer

Bridge

Answer

Tailpiece

Question 8

Which of these is a musical instrument that you hit to make a sound?

Accepted Answer

Drums

Answer

Guitar

Answer

Piano

Answer

Flute

Question 9

Which part of the guitar do you play with your fingers?

Accepted Answer

Fretboard

Answer

Strings

Answer

Body

Answer

Headstock

Question 10

Which instrument makes the highest sound?

Accepted Answer

Violin

Answer

Bass

Answer

Cello

Answer

Drums

Question 11

How do you play the flute?

Accepted Answer

By blowing into the hole

Answer

By hitting it with a stick

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By plucking the strings

Answer

By pressing the keys

Question 12

Which instrument is played with a bow?

Accepted Answer

Violin

Answer

Drums

Answer

Guitar

Answer

Piano

Question 13

Which instrument has black and white keys?

Accepted Answer

Piano

Answer

Guitar

Answer

Drums

Answer

Violin

Question 14

What do you press to make a sound on a piano?

Accepted Answer

Keys

Answer

Strings

Answer

Reeds

Answer

Drumhead

Question 15

How should we hold the recorder when we want to play it?

Accepted Answer

With the hole at the bottom and the keys on top

Answer

Upside down with the hole facing away from you

Answer

Sideways with the keys facing you

Answer

With one hand on the top and one hand on the bottom

Question 16

Which instrument do we blow into to make a sound?

Accepted Answer

Recorder

Answer

Violin

Answer

Drums

Question 17

Which of these instruments makes music using strings?

Accepted Answer

Violin

Answer

Drum

Answer

Flute

Question 18

How do you make a sound with a tambourine?

Accepted Answer

Shake it

Answer

Blow into it

Answer

Pluck it

Answer

Bow it

Question 19

Which instrument has strings that you pluck?

Accepted Answer

Guitar

Answer

Drum

Answer

Flute

Answer

Piano

Question 20

What is the name of the symbol on a musical staff that tells you how many beats are in each bar?

Accepted Answer

Time signature

Answer

Clef

Answer

Key signature

Answer

Note

Question 21

Which part of a violin makes the sound?

Accepted Answer

Strings

Answer

Body

Answer

Bridge

Answer

Bow

Question 22

What is the name of the person who plays the drums?

Accepted Answer

Drummer

Answer

Guitarist

Answer

Pianist

Answer

Violinist

Question 23

Which of these is not a part of a band?

Accepted Answer

Microphone stand

Answer

Guitar

Answer

Drums

Answer

Singer

Question 24

What part of the violin do you use to make a sound by plucking or bowing?

Accepted Answer

Strings

Answer

Bridge

Answer

F-holes

Answer

Scroll

Question 25

Which part of the recorder do you blow into?

Accepted Answer

Blowhole

Answer

Body

Answer

Foot

Question 26

Which part of the guitar do you strum?

Accepted Answer

Strings

Answer

Body

Answer

Head

Question 27

What do you call the space between two musical notes?

Accepted Answer

Interval

Answer

Chord

Answer

Scale

Question 28

Which instrument has keys that you press to change notes?

Accepted Answer

Piano

Answer

Violin

Answer

Clarinet

Question 29

What do you call the sound made when you play two different notes at the same time?

Accepted Answer

Harmony

Answer

Melody

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Rhythm

Question 30

Which of these makes a sound when you hit it?

Accepted Answer

Drums

Answer

Guitar

Answer

Piano

Answer

Violin

Question 31

What do we use to make a sound on a trumpet?

Accepted Answer

Mouthpiece

Answer

Reed

Answer

Strings

Answer

Keys

Question 32

Which of these has strings you can pluck?

Accepted Answer

Violin

Answer

Flute

Answer

Drums

Answer

Keyboard

Question 33

How should you hold a drumstick?

Accepted Answer

With your thumb and first two fingers gripping the stick

Answer

With your palm facing down

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With your palm facing the side

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With your fingers wrapped around the stick

Question 34

What do we call the black and white buttons on a keyboard?

Accepted Answer

Keys

Answer

Notes

Answer

Pitches

Answer

Sounds

Question 35

Which of these instruments is the noisiest?

Accepted Answer

Drums

Answer

Piano

Answer

Violin

Answer

Flute

Question 36

What is the name for the circle with a stick in it that means to hold a note for a long time?

Accepted Answer

Semibreve

Answer

Crotchet

Answer

Quaver

Answer

Minim

Question 37

Which of these do we use to make a sound on a guitar?

Accepted Answer

Guitar pick

Answer

Piano

Answer

Drums

Answer

Flute

Question 38

What do we call the person who plays the piano?

Accepted Answer

Pianist

Answer

Drummer

Answer

Guitarist

Answer

Violinist

Question 39

Which of these is NOT a part of a drum?

Accepted Answer

Strings

Answer

Drum sticks

Answer

Cymbals

Answer

Drum skin

Question 40

What do we blow into to make a sound from a trumpet?

Accepted Answer

Mouthpiece

Answer

Reed

Answer

Valve

Answer

Bell

Question 41

Which of the following instruments produces a high-pitched sound?

Accepted Answer

Flute

Answer

Cello

Answer

Bassoon

Answer

Tuba

Question 42

What do we use to play a guitar?

Accepted Answer

Pick

Answer

Bow

Answer

Keys

Answer

Mouthpiece

Question 43

Which instrument often leads melodies in an orchestra?

Accepted Answer

Violin

Answer

Cello

Answer

Oboe

Answer

Clarinet

Question 44

Which of these is a percussion instrument?

Accepted Answer

Drum

Answer

Guitar

Answer

Trumpet

Answer

Piano

Question 45

Which of these instruments makes a high-pitched sound when you blow into it?

Accepted Answer

Recorder

Answer

Drums

Answer

Piano

Answer

Guitar

Question 46

Which part of the guitar do you play by hitting it with a pick to create sound?

Accepted Answer

Strings

Answer

Neck

Answer

Body

Answer

Frets

Question 47

Which of these instruments do you play by hitting its surface with sticks?

Accepted Answer

Drums

Answer

Piano

Answer

Guitar

Answer

Recorder

Question 48

Which of these instruments has black and white keys that you press to make sound?

Accepted Answer

Piano

Answer

Guitar

Answer

Violin

Answer

Drums

Question 49

Which of these instruments is played by plucking its strings?

Accepted Answer

Guitar

Answer

Piano

Answer

Drums

Answer

Recorder

Question 50

On a guitar, which part do you press down on to change the pitch of the strings?

Accepted Answer

Frets

Answer

Bridge

Answer

Neck

Answer

Tuning pegs

Question 51

Which of these instruments is a woodwind instrument?

Accepted Answer

Recorder

Answer

Drums

Answer

Guitar

Answer

Piano

Question 52

Which of these instruments do you play by pressing down on keys that make hammers hit strings?

Accepted Answer

Piano

Answer

Guitar

Answer

Drums

Answer

Violin

Question 53

Which part of the piano makes the sound when hit by the hammers?

Accepted Answer

Strings

Answer

Keys

Answer

Soundboard

Answer

Pedals