Orchestra Instruments
Music Theory
Mr. Lofaro
Orchestra
General
100
The bow is made out of wood, a screw and the hair from this animal.
What is a horse?
100
This is how many beats a whole note gets
What is four?
100
Mr. Lofaro's main instrument
What is the violin?
100
This is what happens to a string when lowering the pitch.
What is the string loosening, or getting longer?
100
Something many musicians read music on that has five lines and four spaces.
What is the music staff?
200
Violins, cellos and basses are all sized in fractions. Violas are different, as they are sized by...
What are inches?
200
This is how many beats a half note gets
What is two?
200
Mr. Lofaro's favorite band.
Who are The Beatles?
200
This piece of wood holds up the strings
What is a bridge?
200
This person created Star Wars
Who is George Lucas?
300
The name of the technique to play extremely high on a cello or bass.
What is thumb position?
300
The top number in your time signature tells you this.
What is the number of beats in a measure?
300
The stringed instrument Mr. Lofaro has performed with Jazz Ensemble.
What is the electric bass?
300
A cellist uses this to extend the height of their instrument.
What is an endpin?
300
He is the composer for Star Wars, Superman, Indiana Jones and Jurassic Park movies.
Who is John Williams?
400
The stringed instrument that reads in alto clef.
What is the viola?
400
Count or clap out this rhythm
What is
1 and 2 3 and (4)
1 2 and 3 and 4
400
This is one Mr. Lofaro's well known desserts he makes.
What is Tiramisu?
400
This is the highest string on a bass.
What is G?
400
"From sea to shining sea" is from which famous song?
What is America the Beautiful?
500
All string instruments are tune in 5th intervals except for this instrument that is tuned in 4ths.
What is the string bass?
500
The bottom number in your time signature tells you this.
What is the kind of note that gets the beat?
500
This is Mr. Lofaro's age.
What is 47?
500
This is how many sections there are in a typical string orchestra.
What is 5?
500
This singer is also a classically trained flautist.
Who is Lizzo?
600
Of the 4 instruments in the string family, 3 are from the violin family and one is from the viola de gamba family. Which instrument comes from the viola de gamba family?
What is the string bass?
600
This scale has only 1 sharp in the key signature
What is G Major?
600
This is one (not US) country Mr. Lofaro has performed music in.
What is Italy?
600
Conductors used this before batons were popularized.
What is a staff?
600
This is the Connecticut State Song.
What is Yankee Doodle?