ESCAPE ROOM
Instrument Families
Start
A game created by Name
ESCAPE ROOM
Can you save the concert?
Face the different challenges about music in 5 missions to find each one of the members of our band and succeed on stage.
Missions
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missions
Retrieve all band members!
2: Strings
1: General
3: Woodwinds
4: Brass
5: Percussion
Mission 1
Choose the correct answer. Good luck!
Start
mission 1
1/3
What are instrument families?
A. Families of musicians
B. Categories of instruments
mission 1
2/3
How many families did we learn about?
mission 1
3/3
What is a musical pitch?
A. A musical melody
B. How high or low a sound is
C. Sound repetition
D. Throwing an instrument
Mission 1 COMPLETE
Congratulations!
You know the basics about instrument families.
Continue
missions
Retrieve all band members!
Strings
Woodwinds
Brass
Percussion
COMPLETE!
Mission 2: Strings
The string family
Answer these questions about the string family!
Start
mission 2: Strings
1/3
Which instrument does NOT make sound through vibrating strings?
Guitar
Banjo
Violin
Sitar
Clarinet
Harp
mission 2: Strings
2/3
Hint: Think about their size!
Which string family instrument plays the lowest pitches?
Cello
Bass
Violin
Viola
mission 2: Strings
3/3
Ramona loves traditional Chinese music, and she is also interested in playing an instrument from the string family. Which instrument is the best choice for her?
A. Dungchen
B. Pipa
C. Shofar
D. Xiao
Mission 2 COMPLETE
Congratulations!
That last question was the hardest, right? The pipa is the string instrument from China that we learned about. The other instruments listed are woodwind or brass instruments.
Continue
Pipa
missions
Recover all band members!
Woodwinds
Brass
Percussion
COMPLETE!
COMPLETE!
mission 3: Woodwinds
the woodwind family
Answer these questions about the woodwind family!
Start
mission 3: Woodwinds
Hint: Which instrument is a long tube with keys or holes?
1/3
Which instrument belongs to the woodwind family?
Didgeridoo
Oboe
Xylophone
Trumpet
Violin
Enter an incorrect
Enter the correct answer ✔
Enter an incorrect
mission 3: Woodwinds
2/3
Zahra plays a very small woodwind instrument that plays very high pitches. What instrument does Zahra play?
Write here an incorrect answer
Bassoon
Claves
Sitar
Piccolo
mission 3
Hint: The wrong answers all belong to other instrument families.
3/3
Some woodwind instruments have ________.
Reeds
Mallets
Valves
Strings
Mission 3 COMPLETE
Congratulations!
Woodwind instruments include the piccolo (tiny and high!), flute, clarinet, oboe, and bassoon (big and low). Some of these instruments use reeds.
Continue
Reeds
missions
Retrieve all band members!
Brass
Percussion
Complete!
Complete!
Complete!
mission 4: Brass
The Brass family
Answer these questions about the brass family!
Start
mission 4: Brass
Hint: The correct answer belongs to the woodwind family.
1/3
Didgeridoo
Flute
What instrument does NOT belong to the brass family?
Trumpet
French Horn
Enter an incorrect
Enter the correct answer ✔
mission 4: Brass
2/3
Hint: Which instrument has a slide?
Daria is having difficulty learning her brass instrument because her arms aren’t long enough to move the slide into the position for some of the notes. What instrument is Daria MOST likely playing?
Clarinet
Snare Drum
Trumpet
Trombone
mission 4: Brass
Hint: Think back to what you just reviewed about woodwinds.
3/3
What is the difference between brass and woodwind instruments?
You buzz/vibrate your lips into brass instruments. You blow into woodwind instruments.
Brass instruments sometimes have reeds. Woodwind instruments never have reeds.
Brass instruments have many keys or holes that you use to change the pitch. Woodwind instruments usually have a few valves to change the pitch.
You bow or pluck brass instruments. You shake or scrape woodwind instruments.
Mission 4 COMPLETE
Congratulations!
Brass instruments include trumpet, trombone, French horn, and didgeridoo. You buzz/vibrate your lips to play a brass instrument. Most brass instruments have a few valves that your fingers press to change pitch, but the trombone has a slide.
Continue
missions
Retrieve all band members!
Percussion
Complete!
Complete!
Complete!
Complete!
mission 5: Percussion
The percussion family
Answer these questions about the percussion family!
Start
mission 5: percussion
Hint: Percussion instruments make sound when you strike, shake, or scrape them.
1/3
Claves
What instrument does NOT belong to the percussion family?
Dungchen
Snare drum
Enter an incorrect
Enter the correct answer ✔
Maracas
mission 5: percussion
Hint: Which instrument has wooden bars?
2/3
Luka is one of the musicians in the percussion section of the orchestra. He specializes in playing an instrument made of wooden bars that he strikes with a mallet. What instrument does Luka play?
Hammered dulcimer
Bass drum
Xylophone
Piano
mission 5: percussion
Hint: We already covered buzzing and blowing in other families.
3/3
Becky is teaching a group of elementary students to play the tambourine. What will Becky teach the students to do in order for the tambourine to make sound?
Scrape or pluck it
Blow or buzz into it
Strike or shake it
Shake or buzz it
Mission 5 COMPLETE
Congratulations!
You strike, shake, or scrape instruments in the percussion family to make sound.
Continue
THE BAND IS COMPLETE
That sounds great! 😊
You're ready for Module 3 Quiz, which is due November 12!
Boo!
Here you can include a great message indicating to the audience that they have not guessed the answer
Try again!
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ESCAPE ROOM
Instrument Families
Start
A game created by Name
ESCAPE ROOM
Can you save the concert?
Face the different challenges about music in 5 missions to find each one of the members of our band and succeed on stage.
Missions
I am a cool subtitle, perfect for providing more context about the topic you are going to address
missions
Retrieve all band members!
2: Strings
1: General
3: Woodwinds
4: Brass
5: Percussion
Mission 1
Choose the correct answer. Good luck!
Start
mission 1
1/3
What are instrument families?
A. Families of musicians
B. Categories of instruments
mission 1
2/3
How many families did we learn about?
mission 1
3/3
What is a musical pitch?
A. A musical melody
B. How high or low a sound is
C. Sound repetition
D. Throwing an instrument
Mission 1 COMPLETE
Congratulations!
You know the basics about instrument families.
Continue
missions
Retrieve all band members!
Strings
Woodwinds
Brass
Percussion
COMPLETE!
Mission 2: Strings
The string family
Answer these questions about the string family!
Start
mission 2: Strings
1/3
Which instrument does NOT make sound through vibrating strings?
Guitar
Banjo
Violin
Sitar
Clarinet
Harp
mission 2: Strings
2/3
Hint: Think about their size!
Which string family instrument plays the lowest pitches?
Cello
Bass
Violin
Viola
mission 2: Strings
3/3
Ramona loves traditional Chinese music, and she is also interested in playing an instrument from the string family. Which instrument is the best choice for her?
A. Dungchen
B. Pipa
C. Shofar
D. Xiao
Mission 2 COMPLETE
Congratulations!
That last question was the hardest, right? The pipa is the string instrument from China that we learned about. The other instruments listed are woodwind or brass instruments.
Continue
Pipa
missions
Recover all band members!
Woodwinds
Brass
Percussion
COMPLETE!
COMPLETE!
mission 3: Woodwinds
the woodwind family
Answer these questions about the woodwind family!
Start
mission 3: Woodwinds
Hint: Which instrument is a long tube with keys or holes?
1/3
Which instrument belongs to the woodwind family?
Didgeridoo
Oboe
Xylophone
Trumpet
Violin
Enter an incorrect
Enter the correct answer ✔
Enter an incorrect
mission 3: Woodwinds
2/3
Zahra plays a very small woodwind instrument that plays very high pitches. What instrument does Zahra play?
Write here an incorrect answer
Bassoon
Claves
Sitar
Piccolo
mission 3
Hint: The wrong answers all belong to other instrument families.
3/3
Some woodwind instruments have ________.
Reeds
Mallets
Valves
Strings
Mission 3 COMPLETE
Congratulations!
Woodwind instruments include the piccolo (tiny and high!), flute, clarinet, oboe, and bassoon (big and low). Some of these instruments use reeds.
Continue
Reeds
missions
Retrieve all band members!
Brass
Percussion
Complete!
Complete!
Complete!
mission 4: Brass
The Brass family
Answer these questions about the brass family!
Start
mission 4: Brass
Hint: The correct answer belongs to the woodwind family.
1/3
Didgeridoo
Flute
What instrument does NOT belong to the brass family?
Trumpet
French Horn
Enter an incorrect
Enter the correct answer ✔
mission 4: Brass
2/3
Hint: Which instrument has a slide?
Daria is having difficulty learning her brass instrument because her arms aren’t long enough to move the slide into the position for some of the notes. What instrument is Daria MOST likely playing?
Clarinet
Snare Drum
Trumpet
Trombone
mission 4: Brass
Hint: Think back to what you just reviewed about woodwinds.
3/3
What is the difference between brass and woodwind instruments?
You buzz/vibrate your lips into brass instruments. You blow into woodwind instruments.
Brass instruments sometimes have reeds. Woodwind instruments never have reeds.
Brass instruments have many keys or holes that you use to change the pitch. Woodwind instruments usually have a few valves to change the pitch.
You bow or pluck brass instruments. You shake or scrape woodwind instruments.
Mission 4 COMPLETE
Congratulations!
Brass instruments include trumpet, trombone, French horn, and didgeridoo. You buzz/vibrate your lips to play a brass instrument. Most brass instruments have a few valves that your fingers press to change pitch, but the trombone has a slide.
Continue
missions
Retrieve all band members!
Percussion
Complete!
Complete!
Complete!
Complete!
mission 5: Percussion
The percussion family
Answer these questions about the percussion family!
Start
mission 5: percussion
Hint: Percussion instruments make sound when you strike, shake, or scrape them.
1/3
Claves
What instrument does NOT belong to the percussion family?
Dungchen
Snare drum
Enter an incorrect
Enter the correct answer ✔
Maracas
mission 5: percussion
Hint: Which instrument has wooden bars?
2/3
Luka is one of the musicians in the percussion section of the orchestra. He specializes in playing an instrument made of wooden bars that he strikes with a mallet. What instrument does Luka play?
Hammered dulcimer
Bass drum
Xylophone
Piano
mission 5: percussion
Hint: We already covered buzzing and blowing in other families.
3/3
Becky is teaching a group of elementary students to play the tambourine. What will Becky teach the students to do in order for the tambourine to make sound?
Scrape or pluck it
Blow or buzz into it
Strike or shake it
Shake or buzz it
Mission 5 COMPLETE
Congratulations!
You strike, shake, or scrape instruments in the percussion family to make sound.
Continue
THE BAND IS COMPLETE
That sounds great! 😊
You're ready for Module 3 Quiz, which is due November 12!
Boo!
Here you can include a great message indicating to the audience that they have not guessed the answer
Try again!