Brass Instruments
Woodwind Instruments
Orchestral String Instruments
Elements
Time Periods and Composers
100
The highest sounding instrument in the brass family
What is the trumpet or cornet?
100
A long thin instrument, high in pitch, and usually silver in color.
What is a flute?
100
The smallest instrument in the string family.
What is a violin?
100
How fast or slow the music is.
What is tempo?
100
The time period that Mozart, Hyden, and Beethoven all composed music in a similar style.
What is the Classical Time Period?
200
A curly brass instrument.
What is a French Horn?
200
A woodwind instrument made of brass!
What is a saxophone?
200
The lowest pitch instrument of the string family.
What is Double Bass?
200
The timing or pattern of long and short notes.
What is rhythm?
200
The name of this time period means "Rebirth" in Italian.
What is the Renaissance?
300
The instrument with a slide.
What is a trombone?
300
A piece of very thin wood which vibrates against the mouthpiece of the instrument.
What is a reed?
300
The cello's proper name.
What is the Violoncello?
300
Pianissimo, Piano, Mezzo Piano, mezzo forte, forte, and fortissimo. (pp), (p), (mp), (mf), (f), (ff).
What are dynamics?
300
The name of this time period means "Odd or Mis-shapen Pearl".
What is the Baroque time period?
400
The lowest sounding instrument of the brass family.
What is a tuba?
400
The lowest pitched instrument of the woodwind family.
What is a bassoon?
400
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What is the number of strings that a violin, cello, viola and double bass each have?
400
The two elements the complement each other.
What are Melody and Harmony?
400
The composer that bridged the Classical and Romantic time periods.
Who is Beethoven?
500
The instrument that looks like a small tuba but sounds like a trombone.
What is a euphonium or baritone?
500
The device that holds a reed to the mouthpiece of a woodwind instrument.
What is a ligature?
500
The instrument that is bigger than a violin, but smaller than a cello.
What is a viola?
500
Timbre or Tone Color
What is the unique sound of an instrument or voice?
500
Two of the most famous composers from the Baroque time period.
Who are Bach and Handel?
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