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MI: INTERACTIVE: PERCUSSION TEST

Directions: For each question, chose the best answer, and click on it. Your choice will be graded instantly and the computers response will appear. Please remember that this test requires a 4.0 or later browser.


1: Which of the following instruments is not a percussion instrument?

Drum  

Cymbals  

Viola

  Kettle Drum

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2: Why were orchestral chimes developed?
To replace the boring clarinet section.
To bring the sound of multi-ton church bells in the orchestra.
Conductors like them.
To perform a Mozart concerto which was too hard for anyone else.

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3: Is this statement true or false?

"The celesta is a percussion instrument."

True
False

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4: Check the box next to the correct answer:

Which of these is not a standard component of drum kits?

Base Drum
Snare Drum
Percussion Board
Suspended Cymbal

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5: Does the Jew's harp bear any special relation to Jewish music?

Yes.

No.

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Thank You!

For taking our brass test! We hope that you did well and that you found this test beneficial to your understanding of the many brass instruments played around the world today. For more information on this topic, please see the percussion section, under instruments, in our library. For more tests, please return to the interactive section!

 

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