bass The passage states that in the school band, there are drums, bass, flute, and trumpet instruments. It says John plays the drums, Mary plays the flute, and Pete plays the trumpet. Lucy is the only one who doesn't play a wind instrument, so the logical deduction is that she must play the bass guitar since all other instruments have already been assigned to other students and bass is the only other listed option that has not been accounted for yet in the given information about who plays what.