Music and instruments
Grade 5: instrument families, famous composers, rhythm and melody.
Free to play. Teams answer on one screen; your phone is the remote. No student devices.
Questions
Which family does the flute belong to?
- Brass
- Percussion
- String
- Woodwind
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WoodwindWhich instrument is a member of the brass family?
- Clarinet
- Trumpet
- Violin
- Xylophone
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TrumpetHow do you play a drum?
- By blowing into it
- By bowing it
- By plucking it
- By striking it
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By striking itWhich is the biggest instrument of the orchestra's string family?
- Cello
- Double bass
- Viola
- Violin
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Double bassWhich of these instruments is played using a double reed?
- Cello
- Oboe
- Triangle
- Trombone
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OboeWho composed the 'Moonlight Sonata'?
- Bach
- Beethoven
- Mozart
- Vivaldi
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BeethovenWhich composer wrote 'The Four Seasons'?
- Antonio Vivaldi
- Frédéric Chopin
- Johann Strauss
- Joseph Haydn
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Antonio VivaldiWhich composer wrote the ballet 'The Nutcracker'?
- Bach
- Beethoven
- Handel
- Tchaikovsky
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TchaikovskyIn music, what is the steady pulse you can clap or tap along to called?
- The beat
- The lyrics
- The melody
- The pitch
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The beatWhat do we call a tune: a series of notes that make a pattern you can sing?
- Melody
- Rhythm
- Tempo
- Volume
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MelodyA piano can be counted as both a string and a percussion instrument. (True or false?)
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TrueMozart was born in Austria. (True or false?)
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TrueTempo means how loud or quiet the music is. (True or false?)
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FalseHow many strings does a standard violin have? (Answer out loud)
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FourWhich composer became deaf later in life but kept writing great music? (Answer out loud)
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BeethovenWhat word means how fast or slow music is played? (Answer out loud)
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Tempo