Instruments (T, S, and I)

Question 1

How are instruments of the string family categorised?

Answer 1

Stringed Instrument

Question 2

How many strings do a majority of string instruments have? What is the exception?

Answer 2

Majority have 4 strings, excluding the harp, which has 47.

Question 3

What does Arco mean?

Answer 3

‘Play with the bow’

Question 4

Without the right pedal

Answer 4

Senza pedal

Question 5

What are 5 common string instruments?

Answer 5

The violin, viola, cello, double bass, and harp. The harp can also be identified as a percussion instrument.

Question 6

‘Play with the bow’

Answer 6

Arco

Question 7

Senza sordini/Avec Sourdines (Senza sord

Answer 7

Without mutes

Question 8

What does [__] upside down mean

Answer 8

Down bow

Question 9

‘Pluck with the fingers’

Answer 9

What does pizzicato mean (pizz.)

Question 10

What does Con sordini (con sord.) mean?

Answer 10

With mutes

Question 11

How are string instruments played?

Answer 11

By drawing a bow across the strings or plucking/tapping the strings with your fingers.

Question 12

What does Sul D mean?

Answer 12

Play on the D string

Question 13

Without mute

Answer 13

Senza sordini/Avec Sourdines (Senza sord

Question 14

What does pizzicato mean (pizz.)

Answer 14

Pluck with the fingers.

Question 15

Which instrumental families can play multiple notes, and which cannot?

Answer 15

The string family and percussion family can play multiple notes at once.

The woodwind family and the brass family can only play 1 note at a time.

Question 16

Up bow

Answer 16

V

Question 17

Ped. * or Ped._____|

Answer 17

Press the sustain pedal. Release the pedal at * or. ______|

Question 18

What is ‘con sordini’, and which string instrument cannot play it?

Answer 18

‘Con sordini’ means with mutes. The string instrument that cannot play it is the harp.

Question 19

Play on the D string

Answer 19

Sul D

Question 20

What does V mean?

Answer 20

Up bow

Question 21

Play on the G string

Answer 21

What does Sul G mean?

Question 22

With mutes

Answer 22

Con sordini (con sord.)

Question 23

Which string instrumets are non - transposing? Which ones are transposing (and by how much)?

Answer 23

Violin, Viola, Cello, and Harp are non - transposing.
The Double bass is transposing. It is played an octave lower then shown.

Question 24

What clefs can string instruments play?

Answer 24

Violin : Treble Clef
Viola: Treble or (Alto Clef)
Cello: (Bass Clef), Tenor Clef, or Treble Clef
Double Bass: Bass Clef

Question 25

with the left hand

Answer 25

mano sinistra, m.s

Question 26

What does Sul G mean?

Answer 26

Play on the G string

Question 27

Down bow

Answer 27

[__] upside down

Question 28

What are woodwind instruments?

Answer 28

Long, narrow tubes with holes that are played by blowing through mouthpieces or reeds.

Question 29

What are common woodwind instruments, from high to low.

Answer 29

Piccolo, Flute, Oboe, Cor anglais, Clarinet, Basoon.

Question 30

mano sinistra, m.s

Answer 30

with the left hand

Question 31

Release the left pedal

Answer 31

Tre Corde

Question 32

What clefs are the common woodwind instruments? Which ones are transposing?

Answer 32

Piccolo: Treble Clef (Transposing - played a octave higher) Flute: Treble Clef ( non-transposing) Oboe: Treble clef (non - transposing) Cor Anglais: Treble Clef (transposing - played a perfect 5th lower then written.) Clarinet: Treble Clef (transposing. Clarient in B flat is played a major 2nd lower then shown, and clarinet in A sounds a minor 3 lower then written) Bassoon: Mainly Bass Clef but at times Tenor Clef (non - transposing)

Question 33

Which common woodwind instruments are played by mouthpiece, and which by reed? Which ones are single and which ones are double?

Answer 33

The piccolo and flute are played via a mouthpiece. The Cor anglais, Oboe, and Bassoon are played with a Double reed. The Clarinet is a single reeded instrument.

Question 34

What are brass instruments?

Answer 34

Carved tubes of brass played by vibrating lips on the mouthpiece.

Question 35

Can brass instruments play 'con sordini'?

Answer 35

Brass instruments can play 'con sordini', or with mutes.

Question 36

Press the sustain pedal. Release the pedal at * or. ______|

Answer 36

Ped. * or Ped._____|

Question 37

What are common brass instruments, from highest to lowest?

Answer 37

The Trumpet (Treble Clef) French Horn (Treble Clef) Trombone (Bass Clef) or Tenor Clef Tuba (Bass Clef)

Question 38

With the right hand

Answer 38

mano destra, m.d

Question 39

Which brass instruments are transposing, which are not?

Answer 39

The Trombone and Tuba are non - transposing. The Trumpet in B flat is played a major 2nd lower then what was written. The French Horn transposed in F sounds a perfect 5th lower then what was written.

Question 40

What is the piano?

Answer 40

A keyboard instrument with 88 keys. It produces sound by pressing a key on the keyboard causing a hammer to strike the strings. It is often played with 2 hands written in Treble and Bass Clef.

Question 41

What are the 3 pedals on the piano?

Answer 41

The Una Corda (Soft pedal), the 'Sostenuto Pedal' (Rarely used), and the 'Sustain pedal' (Damper Pedal)

Question 42

mano destra, m.d

Answer 42

With the right hand

Question 43

Senza pedal

Answer 43

Without the right pedal

Question 44

Una Corda

Answer 44

Press the left pedal

Question 45

Press the left pedal

Answer 45

Una Corda

Question 46

Tre Corde

Answer 46

Release the left pedal

Question 47

What are percussion instruments?

Answer 47

Instruments that are hit, shook, or scraped. They are classified as indefinite, or definite pitch.

Question 48

Which percussion instruments are of definite pitch?

Answer 48

Timpani/Kettle Drums (Only drums with notes of definite pitch) Glockenspiel (Has metal bars) Xylophone (Has wooden bars) Marimba (Has wooden bars with resonators) Vibraphone (Has metal bars with resonators) Celesta Chas (Metal bars with a keyboard) Tubular Bells (Chimes)

Question 49

Which percussion instruments are of indefinite pitch?

Answer 49

Snare Drum or Side Drum/Triangle/Bass Drum/Cymbals/Tambourine/Castanets/Tam-tam (Gong)

Question 50

Which percussion instruments are transposing? What clefs are they?

Answer 50

Timpani: Bass Clef Glockenspiel: Treble Clef. Transposing, sounds 2 8ves higher then written. Xylophone: Treble Clef. Transposing, sounds 8ve higher then written. Marimba: Treble Clef or Bass Clef. Vibraphone: Treble Clef Celesta Chas: Treble Clef or Bass Clef. Transposing, sounds 8ve higher then written. Tubular Bells/Chimes: Treble Clef

Question 51

What is the order of choral voices? Which clefs are they in?

Answer 51

Soprano (Treble) - Mezzo Soprano - Alto (Treble) - Tenor (Treble or Bass) - Baritone - Bass (Bass)

Question 52

What is the acronym to remember choral voice order?

Answer 52

Singing Allow to Bass