Classical Features

Question 1

How many strings were added per section?

Answer 1

6

Question 2

How many of each four woodwind instruments featured in the Classical Orchestra?

Answer 2

2 Flutes
2 Oboes
2 Bassoons
2 Clarinets

Question 3

How many of each brass instruments featured?

Answer 3

2 French Horns

2 Trumpets

Question 4

How many of each percussion instrument featured?

Answer 4

2 Timpani

Question 5

Was a conductor used?

Answer 5

For some performances

Question 6

Name 4 Baroque Composers

Answer 6

Mozart
Beethoven
Boccherini
Haydn

Question 7

The _______ section was no longer needed.

Answer 7

Continuo

Question 8

Classical Music featured the ________ bass

Answer 8

Alberti

Question 9

What were the two common textures used in Classical Music?

Answer 9

Melody & Accompaniment

Homophonic Texture

Question 10

Melody was usually in the ___ ________

Answer 10

1st Violins

Question 11

Harmony and Tonality were _______

Answer 11

Diatonic

Question 12

Modulations were in _______ _________ keys

Answer 12

Closely Related

Question 13

Dynamic ranges _______

Answer 13

Increased

Question 14

What is the term for a gradually increasing sound?

Answer 14

Crescendo

Question 15

What is the term for a gradually decreasing sound?

Answer 15

Diminuendo

Question 16

Which instruments gave the texture colour?

Answer 16

Woodwind & Brass

Question 17

Extreme and Moderate Dynamics included..

Answer 17

pp, ff, mp, mf

Question 18

Decorative Melodies known as __________ were also still in Classical Music

Answer 18

Ornamentation