Timbre And The Orchesta

Question 1

What is an orchestra

Answer 1

A large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which mixes instruments from different families, including bowed instruments such as violin, cello, and double bass, as well as brass, woodwinds, and percussion instruments, each grouped in sections

Question 2

What does instrumentation refer to

Answer 2

The voice(s), instrument(s) or combination of the two that create a piece of music

Question 3

What is timbre

Answer 3

The quality of a note or sound that distinguishes different types of sound production, such as voices and musical instruments, string instruments, wind instruments (woodwind and brass), and percussion instruments. It also gives us an indication of the nature of the sound

Question 4

What are other words for timbre

Answer 4

Tone colour or tone quality

Question 5

How do we categorise instruments

Answer 5

I’m two ways: by instrumental family and by the method of sound production

Question 6

What are the different instrument families

Answer 6

String, woodwind, brass and percussion family

Question 7

What is part of the string family (7)

Answer 7

Violin, viola, cello and double bass. Guitar, harp and piano

Question 8

What is part of the woodwind family (7)

Answer 8

Flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon. saxophone, recorder and penny whistle

Question 9

What is part of the brass family (4)

Answer 9

French horn, trumpet, trombone and tuba.

Question 10

What is part of the percussion instruments (15)

Answer 10

Marimba, xylophone, vibraphone, triangle and cymbals. Castanets, rattles and bells. Timpani, snare drum and bass drum. Bongos, conga and Tom-Tom

Question 11

What are the different methods of sound production in music

Answer 11

Chordophones, aero phones, idiophones and membranophones

Question 12

What are chordophones

Answer 12

Instruments where sound is produced by the vibration of strings or strings that are stretched between fixed points. All stringed instruments

Question 13

What are aerophones

Answer 13

Instruments where sound is produced by vibrating air. All brass and woodwind instruments

Question 14

What are idiophones

Answer 14

Instruments where sound is produced by the actual body of the instrument vibrating rather than a string or a column of air. All percussion instruments except drums

Question 15

What are membranophones

Answer 15

Instruments where sound is produced by the way of a vibrating stretched membrane. All drums

Question 16

How are instruments arranged in a orchestra

Answer 16

Double basses and cellos In the front on the right.

Violas In the front in the middle

2nd violins and 1st violins in the front on the left

Trumpets and bassoons at the back on the right

Clarinets, timpani’s and oboes at the back in the middle

Flutes and horns at the back on the left

Question 17

What range is soprano

Answer 17

From treble clef middle C to high A (on the first ledger line)

Question 18

What is the range of mezzo-soprano

Answer 18

From treble clef low A (two ledger lines below) to high F

Question 19

What is the range of contralto

Answer 19

From treble clef Low F (Third ledger line from below) to high D

Question 20

What range is tenor

Answer 20

From bass clef low A to high F (three ledger lines above)

Question 21

What is the range of baritone

Answer 21

From bass clef low G to high E (two ledger lines above)

Question 22

What is the range of bass

Answer 22

From bass clef low E (one ledger line below) to middle C

Question 23

What are the different voice ranges

Answer 23

Soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto, Tenor, baritone and bass

Question 24

What are the seven basic elements of music

Answer 24

Sound (timbre,pitch,duration)
Melody 
Harmony 
Rhythm 
Texture 
Form 
Expression (dynamics, tempo, articulation)