Provide one additional fact that you learned about instruments in this family. What is one question you have about this instrument family? Bonus: Can you name a popular musical instrument that is both a string and a percussion instrument? Explain why this is so. Appendix L: Team Research Results Answer Key Name_________________________________________ Date_______ Period____ Woodwind Brass String Percussion They are all basically instruments are String instruments Percussion instruments narrow tubes with long, curvy pipes that usually have a hollow come in many different holes, an opening at widen at their ends into wooden body with a and shapes. What the bottom end, and a the shape of a bell. hole in it, at the end of a they have in common is What do most of mouthpiece at or near long, narrow A that they all make a “neck.” types of instrument the top set of tight, parallel sound when hit, have in common? strings is attached shaken, or scraped. Briefly describe the along the length of the instruments. Provide neck and body. Each a sketch if you would string is a different like. thickness. (A harp varies somewhat from this description, but it is a string instrument.) Wood, metal, plastic, or or other metals The body and neck are Wood, metal, plastic, Of what material(s) a combination of these. usually wooden, and rubber, animal skin, are percussion the strings are nylon, cloth instruments usually metal, or gut made?
Provide one additional fact that you learned about instruments in this family. What is one question you have about this instrument family? Bonus: Can you name a popular musical instrument that is both a string and a percussion instrument? Explain why this is so. Appendix L: Team Research Results Answer Key Name_________________________________________ Date_______ Period____ Woodwind Brass String Percussion What do most of types of instrument have in common? Briefly describe the instruments. Provide a sketch if you would like. They are all basically narrow tubes with holes, an opening at the bottom end, and a mouthpiece at or near the top instruments are long, curvy pipes that widen at their ends into the shape of a bell. String instruments usually have a hollow wooden body with a hole in it, at the end of a long, narrow “neck.” A set of tight, parallel strings is attached along the length of the neck and body. Each string is a different thickness. (A harp varies somewhat from this description, but it is a string instrument.) Percussion instruments come in many different and shapes. What they have in common is that they all make a sound when hit, shaken, or scraped. Of what material(s) are percussion instruments usually made? Wood, metal, plastic, or a combination of these. or other metals The body and neck are usually wooden, and the strings are nylon, metal, or gut Wood, metal, plastic, rubber, animal skin, cloth
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