Music Through The Ages

Question 1

What size were the orchestras in the baroque era?

Answer 1

Small

Question 2

What string instruments were used in the baroque era?

Answer 2

Violins
Violas
Cellos
Double basses

Question 3

What woodwind instruments were used in the baroque era?

Answer 3

Flutes
Oboes
Bassoons

Question 4

What brass instruments were used in the baroque era

Answer 4

Trumpets

Horns

Question 5

What percussion was used in the baroque era

Answer 5

Timpani

Question 6

What was the keyboard instrument of choice in the baroque era

Answer 6

The harpsichord

Question 7

Approximately how long did the baroque era last for?

Answer 7

From 1600- 1750

Question 8

What size were orchestras in the classical era

Answer 8

Bigger than baroque

Question 9

What new woodwind instruments were added in the classical era

Answer 9

Clarinet

Question 10

What new brass instrument was added in the classical era

Answer 10

Trombone

Question 11

Who added the trombone?

Answer 11

Beethoven

Question 12

What percussion was sometimes used in the classical era

Answer 12

Snare drum

Cymbals

Question 13

What else was added to the orchestra in the classical era

Answer 13

A conductor

Question 14

Why were more strings added?

Answer 14

To balance the sound

Question 15

What was the keyboard instrument of choice in the classical era

Answer 15

The piano

Question 16

What were sonatas?

Answer 16

Solo pieces for the piano

Or

For the piano and one other instrument

Question 17

What is a concerto

Answer 17

A solo piece for an instrument that an orchestra backs up

Question 18

What changes to the string section happened in the romantic era

Answer 18

Even more string instrument were added to balance the sound

And

The harp started to feature

Question 19

How many of each flutes, oboes, clarinets and bassoons were used

Answer 19

2 or 3

Question 20

What brass instruments were used in the romantic era

Answer 20

Trumpets
Horns
Trombones
Tuba

Question 21

What musical family started to use many modern instruments?

Answer 21

Percussion

Question 22

What music family was a huge part of the romantic era?

Answer 22

Strings

Question 23

What were added to the woodwind section

Answer 23

Piccolo
Coe anglais
Bass clarinet
Contra bassoon

Question 24

What new woodwind instrument was high pitched?

Answer 24

The piccolo

Question 25

What new woodwind instruments were low sounding?

Answer 25

Bass clarinet

Contra bassoon

Question 26

What did these instruments allow composers to do?

Answer 26

Add to the texture of the sounds created by the orchestra

Question 27

20th century- what was musique concrete

Answer 27

The taping of everyday sounds and mixing them together

Question 28

When was the electric guitar invented

Answer 28

The 1950s

Question 29

What is distortion

Answer 29

Different electronic effects used to changed the sound of the notes

Question 30

What instrument is distortion most often used?

Answer 30

Electric guitars

Question 31

What is the electronic effect that can make instruments sound like they are being played in a large hall called

Answer 31

Reverb

Question 32

What is delay

Answer 32

An electronic effect that repeats notes or phrases played or sung by a musician

Question 33

What is a synthesizer

Answer 33

Similar to a keyboard
Used to create soft string like effects
Popular in pop music

Question 34

What were 4 of the musical eras

Answer 34

Baroque, classical, romantic and 20th century