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Keyboard family scavenger hunt

Answer key

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

    Answer: To the player's right.

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

    Answer: Naturals.

  3. What are the shorter raised bars called?

    Answer: Accidentals.

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

    Answer: Immediately to the left.

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

    Answer: Immediately to the left.

  6. Write the seven natural letter names in order.

    Answer: A B C D E F G, repeating after G.

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

    Answer: Marimba.

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

    Answer: Vibraphone.

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

    Answer: Any repeated letter name is acceptable.

  10. Explain what an octave is in one sentence.

    Answer: The distance from one letter name to the next higher or lower occurrence of the same letter name.