Chapter 5 quiz Flashcards
_____ bring music to Life.
Performers
All Voices and musical instruments need three basic components to function
1: Energy source 2: vibrating element 3: resonating chamber
Instruments fall into at least one of the six categories
1: Brass 2: woodwinds 3: percussion 4: Keyboard 5 electronic 6: strings
classical music concerts by _____ ____ are by far the most popular and well attended
Symphony orchestra
The _____ section is the foundation of the orchestra
String
the _____ Make up the second most important section of the orchestra
woodwind
The _____ sounds the “A” for the orchestra to tune by
Oboe
The ____ Section produces the loudest sounds
Brass
The _____ or kettledrums were the 1st percussion instruments to join the symphony orchestra. they are the only ____ tuned to _____ ______
Timpin drums…. specific pitches
____ ____ were the main instrumental groups before the 17th century
Chamber Ensemble
______ are solo performers with exceptional technical ability
Virtuoso
A larger _____ instrumental ensemble in now called a chamber orchestra
Baroque
Concerto gross means
Large concerto
Between 1650 and 1700, in the northern Italian town of ______ craftsman produced nearly perfect stringed instruments which are still played today.
Cremong
the _____ is called the king of instruments
Organ
