Instrument Specialities

Question 1

Bass instruments

Answer 1

Trumpet
French horn
Trombone
Tuba

Question 2

Woodwind

Answer 2

Piccolo
Flute
Clarinet
Oboe
Anglais (lower oboe)
Bassoon
Contrabassoon (lower bassoon)

Question 3

Strings

Answer 3

Violin (highest in pitch)
Viola
Cello
Double bass (lowest in pitch)

Harp (has full range of pitched notes)

Question 4

Percussion

Answer 4

Drums:
Timpani
Snare drum
Bass drum

Unpitched:
Triangle
Woodblock
Tambourines
Cymbals

Pitched:
Glockenspiel (wood)
Xylophone (metal)
Piano
Tubular bells

Question 5

Listening to a clarinet

Answer 5

Soft sound

Pitch range is similar to violin & oboe

Question 6

Listening to a flute

Answer 6

Quite ‘silvery’ - more so than other instruments

Question 7

String instruments - higher or lower

Answer 7

Pitch range from highest to lowest:
Violin
Viola
Cello
Double bass

Question 8

Listening to an oboe

Answer 8

Has more piercing sound (has thin double reed)
Same pitch range as clarinet
Has similar instrument called contrabassoon - lower in pitch

Question 9

Xylophone vs Glockenspiel

Answer 9

Xylophone:
Wooden - doesn’t really ring if played
Usually lower sounding in pitch

Glockenspiel:
Metal - makes metallic sound d when hit and sound/note will stretch out
Usually higher sounding in pitch