Transcript Musical Instrument Jeopardy! Using PowerPoint

Instrument
Jeopardy
General Music Class
Orchestra
Strings
Woodwinds
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Brass
Percussion
Orchestra
(100)
♫ The orchestra is made
up of four instrument
families.
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True or False?
True
Orchestra
(200)
♫ What is the name of
the person who directs
the orchestra?
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Answer:
The conductor
Orchestra
(300)
♫ What instrument family
is featured in an
orchestra and not in a
Band?
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Answer:
Strings
Orchestra
(400)
♫ The average modern
orchestra has 90
members.
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True or False?
True
Orchestra
(500)
♫ Where did the first
orchestra begin?
Answer:
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Egypt
Strings
(100)
♪ What are the 4 main
string instruments of the
orchestra?
Answer:
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Violin, Viola, Cello
and Double Bass
Strings
(200)
♪ What is the highest
pitched instrument in
the string family?
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Answer:
Violin
Strings
(300)
♪ The bodies of string
instruments are made of
wood and are hollow or
solid?
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Answer:
Hollow
Strings
(400)
♪ The string section
makes up more than
half of the orchestra.
True or False?
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True
Strings
(500)
♪ What is the only
string instrument that
has pedals as well as
several strings?
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Answer:
Harp
Woodwinds
(100)
♫ Woodwinds are all
made of wood.
True or False?
False
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Woodwinds
(200)
♫ You have to blow
into a woodwind
instrument in order to
produce a sound.
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True or False
True
Woodwinds
(300)
♫ What is the small piece
of wood-like material that is
used to produce sound on
some woodwinds?
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Answer:
A Reed
Woodwinds
(400)
♫ What is the lowest
pitched woodwind
instrument of the
orchestra?
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Answer:
Bassoon
Woodwinds
(500)
♫ What woodwind
instrument plays the
tuning note at the
beginning of a concert?
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Answer:
Oboe
Brass
(100)
♪ All brass instruments
have a mouthpiece and
a bell.
True or False?
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True
Brass
(200)
♪ What lip technique is
used to produce sound
on a brass instrument?
Answer:
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Buzzing
Brass
(300)
♪ What is the only
brass instrument that
has a slide instead of
valves?
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Answer:
Trombone
Brass
(400)
♪ The brass section is
the softest in the
orchestra.
True or False?
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False
Brass
(500)
♪ What is the name of the
metal or plastic cone-shaped
object used by brass players to
soften the sound of their
instrument?
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Answer:
A Mute
Percussion
(100)
♫ Sound is produced on
percussion instruments by
striking or shaking.
True or False?
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True
Percussion
(200)
♫ What is the instrument
that produces a loud,
crashing sound?
Answer:
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Cymbals
Percussion
(300)
♫ What is the lowest
sounding type of drum?
Answer:
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Bass Drum
Percussion
(400)
♫ What percussion
instrument looks like a
large xylophone and is
played with soft mallets?
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Answer:
Marimba
Percussion
(500)
♫ All percussion instruments
are untuned.
True or False?
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False
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Final
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Final
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Final Jeopardy
♫ What is the one instrument
in the orchestra that can be
part of either the string or the
percussion family?
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Answer:
Piano
NYS Music
Standards
New York State
Music Standards