Quiz 4 Flashcards
Sounded by Bowing and Plucking. Includes the violin, viola, cello, and double bass.
Strings
Made of wood, or used to be made of wood. Includes the Flute (Non-Reed), Oboe, Clarinet (Single Reed), Bassoon (Double Reed), Saxophone (Single Reed).
Woodwinds
All of these have a mouthpiece and a bell. Includes trumpet, french horn, tuba, trombone.
Brass
Makes sound by striking, shaking, scraping, or plucking. Includes idiophones and membranophones. Some are pitched while others are unpitched.
Percussion
A slightly curved stick with hair or fibers attached at both ends, drawn over the strings of an instrument to set them in motion.
Bow / Bowing
To sound the string of an instrument using fingers of a plectrum or pick.
Plucking
Instruments such as the Piano and Organ that do not fit into the Western classification system.
Keyboard Instruments
Ensemble music for up to about 10 players.
Chamber Music
Chamber music ensemble consisting of two violins, one viola, and one cello.
String Quartet
Performing group of diverse instruments in various cultures; in Western art music, an ensemble of multiple strings with various woodwind, brass, and percussion instruments.
Orchestra
Person who stands in front of the group and conducts.
Conductor
Choral music performed without musical accompaniment. Known as “In the Chapel”
A Capella
What it takes to perform a piece.
Performing Forces
Wrote the original piece that Britten based his work off of.
Purcell
Wrote The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra.
Britten
