Orchestra Flashcards

1
Q

Order of voices highest to lowest

A
Soprano
Mezzo-soprano
Contralto
Tenor
Baritone
Bass
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2
Q

Soprano and alto clef

A

Treble clef

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3
Q

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

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

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What brass instrument uses a slide to change notes
Trombone
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What clefs does the trumpet use
Treble
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What clefs does the horn use
Bass/ treble
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What clefs does the trombone use
Bass/ tenor
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What clefs does the tuba use
Bass
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What percussion instruments have definite pitch
``` Timpani Glockenspiel Xylophone Marimba Vibraphone Celesta Tubular bells ```
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What percussion instruments have indefinite pitch
``` Side drum Bass drum Cymbals Triangle Tambourine Castanets Tam-tam ```
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Mano destra m.d.
Right hand
33
Mano sinistra, m.s.
Left hand
33
Mano sinistra, m.s.
Left hand
34
Con pedale
With pedal
35
Senza pedale
Without pedal
36
Una corda (1 string)
Press the left pedal
37
Tre corde (3 strings)
Release the left pedal
38
Stringed keyboard instrument
Piano Clavichord Harpsichord
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Hammer to strike the string
Piano
40
Key activates blade (tangent) to strike the string
Clavichord
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Key activates a jack with a plectrum on it that plucks the string
Harpsichord
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In chromatic scale
- I and V used only once (1st and 5th) - other scale degrees used twice - add necessary accidentals
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Semitones in a perfect 5th
7
44
In melodic minor
6th and 7th raised ascending only
45
Harmonic minor
7th note raised ascending and descending
46
Order of sharps
``` F# C# G# D# A# E# ```
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Order of flats
``` Bb Eb Ab Db Gb Cb ```
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Enharmonic equivalent
Same pitch different names