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Orchestra instruments and special effects SC Flashcards

1
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How would you create beautiful sunrise tone?

A

Use a mute on string instrument

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2
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How would create a classic whistle tone?

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Artificial harmonic - player lightly presses a 4th above chosen note

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3
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What is a nice sweet instrument combo for high melody?

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Fute and violin

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4
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What instrument combo creates a very grand melody?

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Trumpets and violin with trumpets octave below

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5
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What do the different ranges of a cello sound like?

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Low-ominous
Middle-sweet
High-tense and uneasy

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6
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What instruments double well together for pizz sounds?

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Cello and basoon. (also Bass if need weight)

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7
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What can harp be used for?

A

Magical glissando
connect one section to another
a revelation

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8
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What can piano double effectively?

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Low notes with Low bass and cello to add bite

Mid register - pizz strings, clarinet or xylophone

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9
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What 2 instruments are a good accompaniment for celesta?

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Soft flute and harp

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10
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How is a percussion roll notated?

A

With 3 slashes above it

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11
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What is a common effect used by wind instruments and what is it usually supporting/paired with?

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Staccato

support pizz strings and Trills.

Triangle rolls often present

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12
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What is a cool flute effect?

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Double or triple tounging to create a staccato flurry

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13
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What pairing can can create a comical effect?

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Piccolo double with and intstrument several octaves lower such as basoon

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14
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What solo wind really creates beautiful melody in mid and upper register?

A

Oboe

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15
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What wind can create a richer and more menacing tone than oboe?

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English horn usually played below oboe register

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16
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What ranges does the bassoon tone sound like?

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Low range sounds buzzy and a struggle.
Mid range sounds poignant melody like funeral a bit.
High sounds sweeter but fragile

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17
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What is contra bassoon and how does it sound?

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One octave lower range than bassoon but sounds buzzy as fuck

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18
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What moods do the clarinet ranges provide?

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Low - lusciously dark, at other times quite ominous
Mid - rich, warm, woody sound - used most often
High - thinner and less warm, often employed in comical moments - providing a teasing, bratty sound.

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19
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What instrument sounds great as harmony with itself?

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Clarinet

20
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What effect/note duration choice sounds comical on the clarinet and bass clarinet?

A

Very fast scale runs as an apogatura

21
Q

What wind instrument has a deep rich tone better than low of basoon?

A

Bass clarinet

22
Q

What is most used brass instrument?

A

French horn

23
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What brass is good at fast melodic lines and modified by the use of mutes?

A

Trumpets

24
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What can create an amazing wall of sound in the brass section?

A

Trombones playing 3 note harmony with tuba adding the 4th note on bottom.

25
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What brass technique adds an element of drama?

A

sforzando, loud stab to crescendo

26
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What family have the greatest tonal change form soft to loud?

A

Brass

27
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Which range in french horn is weakest in and how does it sound?

A

Low range but also has interesting colour worth exploring, quite fragile and haunting

28
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What is the french horn middle range good for?

A

lush, dreamlike harmonies,

also the range best suited to sweeping majestic melodies, although a continuation upward to the French horn’s highest range will bring even greater power to your melodies

29
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What creates a very lush melody line combining brass and string only?

A

4-6 french horns and a cello doubling all in mid register and legato

30
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What emotion do you get out french horn high register?

A

Almost a musical scream, quite a strained sound, urgent,

31
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What can you double with to add a gutsy macho power to french horn?

A

double with trombones (trumpets for more airy effect)

32
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What are french horn special effects?

A

glissando or rip. Metal mute

33
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What do the 3 ranges of the trumpets sound like?

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Low - powerful but a bit restrained
Mid - quintessential trumpet sound, beautiful “sing-song” quality of the trumpet in this mid range. You can hear how easy it is for the trumpet to make melodies come alive.
High - trumpet really comes alive. Its top notes can sound almost piercing. Here it will be louder than any other instruments in your orchestration.

34
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What percussion often accompanies loud brass moments like trumpet?

A

Crash cymbals

35
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What effect are trumpets very good at?

A

Stacattoo fast repeated

36
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What harmony with brass always sound exciting?

A

Loud trumpet chords

37
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What mutes are used with trumpets?

A

Straight mute - common in orchestra, sets the tone to comical and in background
Cup mute - Sounds more musical, used in pop and jazz, more energy
Harmon mute - sounds very jazzy

38
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What brass instruments most often play together?

A

Trombones

39
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What do trombones sound like in different registers?

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Low - ominous but powerful, metallic buzz

Mid - more aren’t, strained like a low french horn, very metal buzzy

40
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What is a good way to voice harmony for trombone?

A

With some width to create space as can easily get dense

41
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What is trombones most regular roles in orchestra?

A

Doubling melody or supporting harmony

42
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What special effect can trombone do that is classic comedy?

A

Slide

43
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What effect and tempo is commonly used for trombone?

A

Rhythmic fast stacatto

44
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What is bass trombone most commonly used for?

A

Very loud powerful bottom note as well as support harmony with solo bottom note

45
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What does tuba sound like in different registers?

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Low - Very deep, almost elephant trumpet with buzz, quite powerful but not to much as slightly thin
Mid/High - bit more grand, like for the queen, still bit thin

46
Q

Which brass instrument can take the melody in light comical settings?

A

Tuba

47
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What is a powerful low register brass combo?

A

Bass trombone and tuba doubled octave lower

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