English For Music Students

(Marvins-Underground-K-12) #1

____ 10. The celesta is a type of aerated keyboard instrument.


____ 11. The classical guitar is played by either plucking or strumming the
strings.


b. Choose the correct answer.




  1. Which of the following is not true about the trumpet?
    a. It is one of the most ancient of all the instruments.
    b. It has the highest pitch of all the brass instruments.
    c. It functions by means of a series of valves.
    d. The natural trumpet is the most notationally limited.




  2. The cornet is a brass instrument of the ____ family.
    a. trombone b. trumpet
    c. French horn d. tuba




  3. The French horn ____.
    a. operates without the use of a valve system
    b. is the most outwardly complex
    c. refers to the saxophone in a popular context
    d. has an elliptical shape




  4. The sackbut is a precursor of the ____.
    a. trumpet b. French horn
    c. trombone d. tuba




  5. The bombardon is a brass instrument of the ____ family.
    a. trumpet b. French horn
    c. trombone d. tuba




  6. All the following except ____ are plucked keyboard instruments.
    a. harpsichord b. celesta
    c. virginal d. spinet




  7. In struck keyboard instruments the strings are ____.
    a. plucked by a quill or plectrum



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