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Orchestra Flashcards

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1
Q

Order of voices highest to lowest

A 
Soprano
Mezzo-soprano
Contralto
Tenor
Baritone
Bass
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2
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Soprano and alto clef

A

Treble clef

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3
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Tenor clef

A

Treble clef with an 8 under it

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4
Q

What are the four families in the orchestra?

A

Strings
Woodwind
Brass
Percussion

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5
Q

What is the highest to lowest sounding string instrument?

A

Violin
Viola
Cello
Double bass

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6
Q

What is the only instrument to use the alto clef?

A

Viola

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7
Q

What is the only transposing string instrument?

A

Double bass

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8
Q

Arco

A

Play with bow

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9
Q

Con sordini

A

With mutes

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10
Q

Senza sordini

A

Without mutes

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11
Q

Pizzicato, pizz.

A

Pluck the strings

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12
Q

Sul G

A

Play on the G string

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13
Q

Sul ponticello

A

Play near the bridge

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14
Q

V

A

Up bow

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15
Q

Double stop

A

Play two strings at once

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16
Q

What is the highest to lowest sounding woodwind instrument?

A

Flute
Oboe
Clarinet
Bassoon

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17
Q

What is the only transposing woodwind instrument

A

Clarinet

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18
Q

What woodwind instruments are double reed

A

Oboe

Bassoon

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19
Q

What woodwind instruments are single reed

A

Clarinet

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20
Q

What woodwind instruments use the treble clef

A

Flute
Oboe
Clarinet

21
Q

What woodwind instruments use the bass/tenor clef

A

Bassoon

22
Q

What is the highest to lowest sounding brass instrument

A

Trumpet
Horn
Trombone
Tuba

23
Q

What are the transposing brass instruments

A

Trumpet

Horn

24
Q

What are the non transposing brass instruments

A

Trombone

Tuba

25
Q

What brass instrument uses a slide to change notes

A

Trombone

26
Q

What clefs does the trumpet use

A

Treble

27
Q

What clefs does the horn use

A

Bass/ treble

28
Q

What clefs does the trombone use

A

Bass/ tenor

29
Q

What clefs does the tuba use

A

Bass

30
Q

What percussion instruments have definite pitch

A 
Timpani
Glockenspiel
Xylophone
Marimba
Vibraphone
Celesta
Tubular bells
31
Q

What percussion instruments have indefinite pitch

A 
Side drum
Bass drum
Cymbals
Triangle
Tambourine
Castanets
Tam-tam
32
Q

Mano destra m.d.

A

Right hand

33
Q

Mano sinistra, m.s.

A

Left hand

33
Q

Mano sinistra, m.s.

A

Left hand

34
Q

Con pedale

A

With pedal

35
Q

Senza pedale

A

Without pedal

36
Q

Una corda (1 string)

A

Press the left pedal

37
Q

Tre corde (3 strings)

A

Release the left pedal

38
Q

Stringed keyboard instrument

A

Piano
Clavichord
Harpsichord

39
Q

Hammer to strike the string

A

Piano

40
Q

Key activates blade (tangent) to strike the string

A

Clavichord

41
Q

Key activates a jack with a plectrum on it that plucks the string

A

Harpsichord

42
Q

In chromatic scale

A
  • I and V used only once (1st and 5th)
  • other scale degrees used twice
  • add necessary accidentals
43
Q

Semitones in a perfect 5th

A

7

44
Q

In melodic minor

A

6th and 7th raised ascending only

45
Q

Harmonic minor

A

7th note raised ascending and descending

46
Q

Order of sharps

A 
F#
C#
G#
D#
A#
E#
47
Q

Order of flats

A 
Bb
Eb
Ab
Db
Gb
Cb
48
Q

Enharmonic equivalent

A

Same pitch different names

Music theory Grade 5 (3 decks)

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