Toreador
The Code
Smells Like Teen Spirit
John Williams Tribute
Music Trivia in our concert music
100
Toreador comes from this opera.
What is Carmen?
100
The fingering pattern everyone uses on the D, G and C strings for this piece.
What is the yellow pattern?
100
Smells Like Teen Spirit is a song by this grunge band.
Who is Nirvana?
100
The arranger of this John Williams Tribute.
Who is Mr. Lofaro?
100
This key signature has two sharps.
What is the key of D Major?
200
The accidental that negates (undoes) a sharp or flat in the key signature. It appears frequently in Toreador.
What is a natural?
200
This is the last note played by everyone at the end of the song.
What is "F#"?
200
The person who sings "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (the lead singer of the band).
Who is Kurt Cobain?
200
The three movies John Williams composed for that are included in this piece.
What are Star Wars, Jurassic Park, and Raiders March
200
The Italian (orchestra) term for slowing down.
What is ritardando/rit?
300
Our version of Toreador is primarily in this major key signature.
What is D Major?
300
The Italian term for playing accented, short notes. It is marked in the eighth note passages in the Code.
What is "Marcato"?
300
What is a tie/tied note?
300
This technique used in this song is when string players shake their bows very quickly.
What is tremolo?
300
This is the name of the note that is played by "Low 1" (vln/vla) or "x1" (clo/bass) on the A string
What is B-flat?
400
While Toreador is written in 4/4 time, because of its fast tempo, it is often conducted/"felt" in this different time.
What is 2/2 or "cut time"?
400
The Italian term "sul tasto", which appears in the Code, refers to this playing technique.
What is playing over the fingerboard?
400
The album Smells Like Teen Spirit was released on.
What is "Nevermind"?
400
The rythym where you play three notes in one beat, used frequently in the Star Wars theme.
What is a triplet?
400
Two of our concert pieces are in this minor key.
What is the key of f# minor?
500
Toreador is the name of this profession (job).
What is a bullfighter?
500
The key signature of the Code is the relative minor of this major key.
What is the key of A Major?
500
The term for putting emphasis on the off/weak beats, used in Smells Like Teen Spirit.
What is syncopation?
500
The Italian phrase for 'a little slower'
What is "Meno Mosso"?
500
The opposite of div (divisi). It is usually written after an extended div section in the music.
What is "unis" (unison).