Elementary Music Trivia Quiz

Answer: Violin

V - Vanadium
I - Iodine
O - Oxygen
Li - Lithium
N - Nitrogen

VIOLiN

The violin is the highest member of the string family. In an orchestra there are two groups of violins. The first violins sit at the front on the conductor's left side; the seconds sit on their left.

Answer: Flute

F - Fluorine
Lu - Lutetium
Te - Tellurium

FLuTe

The flute is a member of the woodwind family, although modern flutes are usually made of metal. It is played by blowing across the mouthpiece at just the right angle to cause the air to vibrate inside the instrument.

Answer: Bass

B - Boron
As - Arsenic
S - Sulfur

BAsS

The bass is the lowest singing voice. It is also sometimes used to refer to a double bass - the largest member of the string family, or a bass guitar.

Answer: Concertina

Co - Cobalt
N - Nitrogen
C - Carbon
Er - Erbium
Ti - Titanium
Na - Sodium

CoNCErTiNa

A concertina, or squeeze box, is an instrument consisting of hexagonal bellows with buttons on each end which are pressed to make different notes. The English bellows was invented in the nineteenth century by Sir Charles Wheatstone who gave his name to the Wheatstone Bridge, a device for measuring the value of an unknown resistor.

Answer: Virginal

V - Vanadium
I - Iodine
Rg - Roentgenium
In - Indium
Al - Aluminium

VIRgInAl

The virginal is a keyboard instrument which was popular in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Unlike a piano, where the strings are hit, the virginal's strings are plucked by a plectrum attached to the key.

Answer: Soprano

S - Sulfur
O - Oxygen
P - Phosphorus
Ra - Radium
No - Nobelium

SOPRaNo

The soprano is the highest singing voice. Soprano is also used to describe the smaller, and thus higher pitched, recorders, clarinets and saxophones.

Answer: Bassoon

Ba - Barium
S - Sulfur
S - Sulfur
O - Oxygen
O - Oxygen
N - Nitrogen

BaSSOON

The bassoon is one of the largest members of the woodwind family. Its double reed is connected to the main body of the instrument by a tube known as a bocal. In an orchestra the bassoonists sit behind the violas and the cellos.

Answer: Harmonica

H - Hydrogen
Ar - Argon
Mo - Molybdenum
Ni - Nickel
Ca - Calcium

HArMoNiCa

The harmonica, which is also known as a mouth organ, has been used in many different types of music including blues, classical, jazz and folk music. Larry Adler, who is one of the best known harmonica players, won an Oscar for playing the theme tune for the film "Genevieve".

Answer: French Horn

F - Fluorine
Re - Rhenium
N - Nitrogen
C - Carbon
H - Hydrogen
Ho - Holmium
Rn - Radon

FReNCH HoRn

The French Horn is part of the brass section of an orchestra. If it were uncoiled, it would be over 20' (6m) long. Prokofiev used it as the instrument to represent the wolf in his composition for children "Peter and the Wolf".

Answer: Fife

F - Fluorine
I - Iodine
Fe - Iron

FIFe

A fife is a small woodwind instrument similar to a piccolo. It is usually used in military bands or to play folk music. The fife, along with a musket and drum, gets mentioned in the song "Soldier, soldier, won't you marry me?"