____ 11. The clarinet’s popular cousin is the saxophone.
____ 12. The bassoon is the bass member of the woodwind family, and the
largest of all.
b. Choose the correct answer.
The four principal string instruments in ascending order of overall pitch
are ____.
a. viola, violin, double bass, cello
b. violin, viola, cello, double bass
c. double bass, cello, violin, viola
d. double bass, cello, viola, violin
The ____ is played standing up or sitting on a high stool.
a. cello b. double bass
c. viola d. violin
____ is another term for plucking the strings of a string instrument.
a. arco b. pizzicato
c. bow d. stick
Which of the following is not true about the double bass?
a. It is the biggest of all the strings.
b. It has the lowest pitch.
c. It is the most common of all and usually the first choice to learn.
d. It plays the widest assortment of music.
Percussion instruments ____.
a. are those where a resonating surface is struck by hand or some
form of stick
b. may or may not have definite pitch
c. do not have definite pitch
d. a and b