Mallet Foundations I · Lesson 1

Keyboard family scavenger hunt

Name ____________________ Date __________

Use the keyboard map for questions 1–6.

  1. Which direction do you move to play higher pitches?

  2. What are the long front-row bars called?

  3. What are the shorter raised bars called?

  4. Where is C located relative to a group of two accidental bars?

  5. Where is F located relative to a group of three accidental bars?

  6. Write the seven natural letter names in order.

  7. Name the family member with wooden bars and the broadest warm register.

  8. Name the family member with metal bars and a sustain pedal.

  9. On an instrument, find two bars with the same letter name. Write the name.

  10. Explain what an octave is in one sentence.