Orchestras
Violins
Violas
Cellos
Miscellaneous
100
The 1st chair 1st violin who tunes the orchestra
What is the concertmaster?
100
The strings on a violin
What is e a d g
100
The lowest note that can be played on a viola
What is a C?
100
The lowest note on a cello
What is a C?
100
All of the stringed instruments typically found in an orchestra
What are violins, violas, cellos, & basses?
200
The instrument that would play the tuning note for a symphony.
What is the oboe?
200
The smallest fractional sized violin.
What is a 1/32nd size violin?
200
The way different size violas are measured.
What is in inches?
200
Arguably the most famous cellist today.
Who is yo-yo ma?
200
The two most common types of wood used in making stringed instruments.
What are spruce and maple?
300

This is orchestra's home performances take place at the Kennedy Center

What is the National Symphony Orchestra or NSO?

300
An increasingly popular material used in violin bows as an alternative to wood.
What is carbon fiber?
300
The clef viola music is normally written in.
What is alto clef?
300
An adjustable rod coming out of the bottom of a cello
What is the endpin?
300
This composer was completely deaf by the time of the debut performance of his well known symphony number 9.
Who is Beethoven?
400
The stand partner responsible for turning pages
What is the inside player? (Left side if violins, right side if viola or cello)
400
The small piece that attaches the tailpiece to the end button
What is the tail gut?
400

The pitch of the viola in comparison to the violin 

What is low pitch?

400
The strings of a cello from highest to lowest.
What is ADGC?
400

The largest string instrument aside from the bass

What is the Harp?

500

The difference between a string orchestra and a symphony orchestra

What is string orchestras only have strings?

500
A bow stroke where the bow bounces off the string.
What is spiccato?
500

The inventor of the viola

Who is Gaspare da Salo or Andrea Amati?

500
The technique for playing extremely high positions on the cello.
What is thumb position?
500

This string instrument has 47 strings

What is the harp?

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