Chapter 5

Question 1

String: violin (bow)

Answer 1

Smallest but has the highest pitch, held under chin when playing.

Question 2

String: viola (pizzicato)

Answer 2

Somewhat larger than the violin but still played under chin, ranges in five notes lower than the violin

Question 3

String: cello (vibrato)

Answer 3

Rests on the floor when played and is supported between the players knees. Is one octave lower than the viola

Question 4

String: double bass (mute)

Answer 4

other names such as bass viol, contrabass, and string basss. Its strings are tuned four notes apart, not five

Question 5

String: Harp (glissando)

Answer 5

strings that are stummed or plicked. They are modified to play different pitches through the use of a pedal mechanism

Question 6

Woodwind: flute (metal, no reed)

Answer 6

since 1900 silver-nickel bodies have been favored, they play higher notes than those of reed instruments.

Question 7

Woodwinds: piccolo (Metal, no reed)

Answer 7

the piccolo is the smaller couisn of th eflute and sounds one octave higher than the flute

Question 8

Woodwinds: oboe (wood, double reed)

Answer 8

made of grenadilla wood, which comes from Madagascar

Question 9

Woodwinds: English Horn (wood, double reed)

Answer 9

It isn’t English nor a horn, basically a large oboe with a buld-shaped bells, sounds five notes lower than the oboe

Question 10

Woodwinds: clarinet (Wood, single reed)

Answer 10

has a wide range but timbre differes from low notes (very mellows) to high notes (quite shrill). Made from the same wood as oboes

Question 11

Woodwinds: bass clarinet (wood, single reed)

Answer 11

The same as a clarinet but just different in size

Question 12

Woodwinds: bassoon (wood, double reed)

Answer 12

Reddish brown or black finish, looks somewhat like a long bedpost. Has a wide range, but more than an octave lower in pitch.

Question 13

Woodwinds: contrabasson (wood, double reed)

Answer 13

sounds another octave lower than the bassoon, almost to the lowest note on the piano

Question 14

Bass: trumpet (valves)

Answer 14

highest pitched, has three piston valves that range the length of tubing.

Question 15

Bass: French horn (valves)

Answer 15

contains more than sixteen feet of tubing that is coiled so that it can be handled more conveniently, has three or four orotary valves which are operated by the players left hand.

Question 16

Bass: trombone (valves/slide)

Answer 16

only orchestral instrument that uses a slide to regulate the length of its tubing, sounds one octave lower than the trumpet

Question 17

Bass: tuba (valves)

Answer 17

is the largest and lowest in pitch of the brass instruments, role similar of that to the double bass int eh string.

Question 18

Percussion: timpani/kettledrum (pitched, stuck, sticks)

Answer 18

is two or more kettledrums of different sizes tuned to different pitches,

Question 19

Percussion: glockenspiel (pitched, stuck, mallets)

Answer 19

that has metal or wooden bars arranged like piano keyboards, played with mallers or sticks with padded ends. Produces high tinkling sounds.

Question 20

Percussion: xylophone (pitched, struck, mallets)

Answer 20

has wooden bars and produces dry, brittle sounds

Question 21

Percussion:marimba (pitched, struck, mallets)

Answer 21

is like a xylophone except for hollow tubes hanging below each bar that allows the sound to resonate after the bar has been struck

Question 22

Percussion: Orchestral chimes

Answer 22

Chime sounds are different pitches, the player strikes the top of the metal tube with a wooden hammer

Question 23

Percussion: Celesta (pitched struck, fingers [keyboard])

Answer 23

looks like a small piano but it’s more like a glockenspiel that is operated from a keyboard.

Question 24

Percussion: Piano (pitched, struck, fingers)

Question 25

Percussion: bass drum (non-pitched, struck, stick)

Answer 25

largest percussion instrument, placed on its side and hit witha single beater with a round, padded head

Question 26

Percussion: Snare drum (non-pitched, struck, sticks)

Answer 26

Is the most prominent percusision instrument that does not sound a definite pitch. It’s constructed around two hollow rings. the rings have calfskin or plastic stretched over them, bottom surface has several strands or wire called snares that rattle against it.

Question 27

Percussion: Cymbals (non-pitched, clapped, or struck)

Answer 27

are large metal disks that are struck aganist each other with glancing blows.

Question 28

Percussion: tambourine (non-pitched, struck, hands)

Answer 28

has a single calfskin head stretched over a wooder or metal hoop.

Question 29

Percussion: triangle (non-pitched, struck, stick)

Answer 29

is made of metal and is shaped like a triangle, struck with a metal beater while suspended

Question 30

Percussion: gong (non-pitched, struck, mallet)

Answer 30

is a circular metal disc that is typically struck with a mallet