Music Theory 1
Music Theory 2
Orchestra Instruments/Knowledge 1
Orchestra Instruments/Knowledge 2
Orchestra Instruments/Knowledge 3
100
How many flats or sharps are in the Concert A scale?
3 Sharps # A,B,C#,D,E,F#,G#,A.
100
This tempo marking means "fast".
What is presto?
100
This Baroque woodwind instrument was popular in Medieval times and is often played in elementary school classrooms.
What is a recorder?
100

A double barline with two dots means to do what?

Repeat

100
This symbol means to lower the note by one half step.
What is a flat?
200
There are 52 white keys on a piano. How many black keys are there?
36
200
This number in the time signature tells you how many beats you have in a measure. (Top or bottom)
What does the top note in a time signature mean?
200
Which country do you associate with the didgeridoo?
Australia
200

The viola plays in this clef.

What is alto clef?

200
This set of instruments commonly play in a concert B♭ pitch. (Name 1)
Trumpets, soprano clarinets and tenor saxophones all use the same concert pitch. All have a concert B♭ pitch
300
I am popular in Scotland and music is my business. I am played in the highlands and in the lowlands.
What are the Bagpipes?
300
Three or more notes that combine harmoniously when played at the same time.
What is a chord?
300
What instrument is mainly used for jazz and rarely used in symphonic music?
Saxophone
300

I was invented in the 1700s by a man named Bartolomeo Cristofori.

What is the piano?

300
This member of the orchestra is usually known as the 'Concertmaster or Concertmistress'.
What is the leader of the first violins called?
400
In a Concert G scale, there are how many flats or sharps?
One Sharp # The notes are G,A,B,C,D,E,F#,G.
400
This is the name of the note that appears on the second line of the bass clef.
What is B?
400
This is the lowest pitched double-reed instrument commonly used in an orchestra.
What is the bassoon?
400

This is the number of families of instruments there are (excluding the keyboard family).

What is 4? string, percussion, brass, and woodwinds.

400

Louis Armstrong was famous for playing this instrument.

What is the trumpet?

500
This interval contains 3 half steps.
What is a minor 3rd?
500
This key contains 5 sharps.
What is the key of B?
500
If you have one flat in your key signature, what major key are you in?
Key of "F"
500
What animal is important in the manufacture of a didgeridoo?
Termite These insects eat away the inside of the branch/trunk and provide a hole to blow down.
500
Which theatrical group would you find playing the following "instruments": brooms, water bottles, dustbins/trash cans and lids, plastic barrels and oil drums?
Stomp Stomp was formed in 1991 in Brighton, England by members of a theatre group and a street band. They are a percussion band mixed with physical theatre.
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