Playing Instruments: A Musical Adventure for Reception Students

Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

Drum

Answer

Piano

Answer

Violin

Answer

Guitar

Question 2

How do we play a tambourine?

Accepted Answer

Shake it

Answer

Blow into it

Answer

Hit it with a stick

Answer

Pluck it with fingers

Question 3

What part of a shaker holds the small things that make the sound?

Accepted Answer

Body

Answer

Handle

Answer

Top

Answer

Bottom

Question 4

We can shake and hit the tambourine, but what can't we do?

Accepted Answer

Pluck it like a guitar

Answer

Rub it gently

Answer

Hit it with a stick

Answer

Shake it up and down

Question 5

What tool helps us make the drum sound higher or lower?

Accepted Answer

Drum key

Answer

Tuning fork

Answer

Screwdriver

Answer

Hammer

Question 6

Where do we tap on the drum to make a sound?

Accepted Answer

The drumhead

Answer

The drum's body

Answer

The drumsticks

Question 7

What do we use to hit a drum?

Accepted Answer

Drum stick

Answer

Bow

Answer

Guitar pick

Answer

Piano key

Question 8

What part of our body do we use to play a tambourine?

Accepted Answer

Hands

Answer

Feet

Question 9

How are a drum and a shaker different?

Accepted Answer

Drums are hit, shakers are shaken

Answer

Drums are loud, shakers are quiet

Question 10

What is the best way to play a shaker?

Accepted Answer

Shake it

Answer

Hit it

Answer

Blow into it

Answer

Rub it

Question 11

What is the special name for the sound that a tambourine makes?

Accepted Answer

Jingle

Answer

Thump

Answer

Rattle

Answer

Crash

Question 12

What sound does a drum make when you hit it?

Accepted Answer

Boom-boom

Answer

Tap-tap

Answer

Meow-meow

Question 13

Which instrument do we shake to make a rustling sound?

Accepted Answer

Shaker

Answer

Drum

Answer

Tambourine

Question 14

Which instrument makes a jingling sound when we shake it?

Accepted Answer

Tambourine

Answer

Drum

Answer

Shaker

Question 15

Which of these is NOT a way to play a tambourine?

Accepted Answer

Rubbing it

Answer

Shaking it

Answer

Hitting it

Question 16

When we play the drum with our hands, what do we create?

Accepted Answer

Rhythm

Answer

Melody

Answer

Harmony

Question 17

Which of these is a musical instrument?

Accepted Answer

Piano

Answer

Book

Answer

Car

Question 18

Which of these makes a sound when you hit it?

Accepted Answer

Drums

Answer

Pianos

Answer

Guitars

Question 19

What do we use to play a drum?

Accepted Answer

Sticks

Answer

Strings

Answer

Picks

Question 20

What is the steady beat in music called?

Accepted Answer

Rhythm

Answer

Tune

Answer

Pitch

Question 21

Which of these can you shake to make music?

Accepted Answer

Tambourine

Answer

Drum

Answer

Flute

Question 22

Which instrument helps you keep a steady beat?

Accepted Answer

Drum

Answer

Maracas

Answer

Violin

Question 23

Which of these musical instruments do we hit to make a sound?

Accepted Answer

Drum

Answer

Piano

Answer

Guitar

Answer

Violin

Question 24

Which instrument makes a shaking sound?

Accepted Answer

Shaker

Answer

Tambourine

Answer

Drum

Answer

Cymbal

Question 25

What is the steady beat we hear in music?

Accepted Answer

Rhythm

Answer

Melody

Answer

Harmony

Answer

Pitch

Question 26

What is the special sound of a tambourine?

Accepted Answer

Jingle

Answer

Beat

Answer

Crash

Answer

Thud

Question 27

Which rhythm has four equal beats?

Accepted Answer

♩♩♩♩

Answer

♩♩♩♩♩

Answer

♩♩♩♩♩♩

Answer

♩♩♩

Question 28

What do we call someone who plays musical instruments?

Accepted Answer

Musician

Answer

Singer

Answer

Dancer

Answer

Composer

Question 29

Which of these is NOT a percussion instrument we have learnt about?

Accepted Answer

Piano

Answer

Drum

Answer

Shaker

Answer

Tambourine

Question 30

What is the steady beat in music called?

Accepted Answer

Rhythm

Answer

Tune

Answer

Song

Answer

Tempo

Question 31

Which instrument makes a sound when you shake it?

Accepted Answer

Shaker

Answer

Drum

Answer

Tambourine

Answer

Guitar

Question 32

What part of the drum do we tap to make a sound?

Accepted Answer

Drumhead

Answer

Handle

Answer

Rim

Answer

Body

Question 33

Which instrument do we usually shake to make music?

Accepted Answer

Shaker

Answer

Drum

Answer

Tambourine

Answer

Piano

Question 34

What instrument has shiny, jingling things around it?

Accepted Answer

Tambourine

Answer

Drum

Answer

Shaker

Answer

Flute

Question 35

What do we call the different sounds that musical instruments make?

Accepted Answer

Notes

Answer

Beats

Answer

Songs

Answer

Chords

Question 36

What do we use to hit the drum to make a sound?

Accepted Answer

Sticks

Answer

Strings

Answer

Keys

Answer

Bow

Question 37

What instrument makes a 'bang-bang' sound?

Accepted Answer

Drum

Answer

Shaker

Answer

Tambourine

Answer

Triangle

Question 38

Which instrument can you shake to make a sound?

Accepted Answer

Shaker

Answer

Triangle

Answer

Drum

Answer

Tambourine

Question 39

Which instrument makes a 'jingle-jingle' sound?

Accepted Answer

Tambourine

Answer

Drum

Answer

Triangle

Answer

Shaker

Question 40

What can you use to make a loud sound?

Accepted Answer

Drum

Answer

Shaker

Answer

Tambourine

Answer

Triangle

Question 41

What instrument can you hit with a stick?

Accepted Answer

Drum

Answer

Tambourine

Answer

Shaker

Question 42

Which instrument can you hold in your hand and shake?

Accepted Answer

Shaker

Answer

Drum

Answer

Tambourine

Question 43

What instrument can you hold and hit with your hand?

Accepted Answer

Tambourine

Answer

Drum

Answer

Triangle

Answer

Shaker

Question 44

Which instrument makes a 'ding-ding' sound?

Accepted Answer

Triangle

Answer

Tambourine

Answer

Shaker

Answer

Drum

Question 45

What instrument can you hit with a stick to make a loud sound?

Accepted Answer

Drum

Answer

Triangle

Answer

Shaker

Answer

Tambourine

Question 46

Which instrument makes a soft 'rattle' sound?

Accepted Answer

Shaker

Answer

Tambourine

Answer

Drum

Answer

Triangle