Composer from this school year
Italian Terms
Instruments of the band and orchestra
All about shifting
World of Music
200
What time period did Bach compose in?
Baroque
200
This is an Italian term for "playing in a smooth and connected style"
legato
200
What instrument is this?
Baritone
200
What kind of marking next to a number indicates a shift in your music?
A hyphen, or a line dash
200
Beethoven was this nationality.
German
400
This composer wrote "The Nutcracker Suite"
P.I. Tchaikovsky
400
This is an Italian term that means "getting progressively faster and faster"
accelerando
400
This is technically the only STRING instrument that is a "transposing instrument"
String Bass
400
This position lets the violins play A, B, C# and D on the E string, above the staff with ledger lines.
3rd position
400
The composer of "Clair de Lune" is from this country.
France
400
This composer was known as a child prodigy who played piano and violin. He is one of the most famous classical composers.
Mozart
400
This is an Italian term that means literally "shrinking"
gradually getting softer in volume
decrescendo
400
This instrument is very big, has a reed, and plays low sounds.
Bass clarinet
400
This position is played by the cellos in night shift.
Fourth position
400
The baroque composer who wrote "Brandenburg Concerto No.5" is from this country.
Germany
600
This composer wrote the famous "Symphony No.5" and "Ode to Joy"
Beethoven
600
This is an Italian term that means to play in a separated or short manner.
staccato
600
This percussion instrument has a pedal on it that changes the pitch.
Timpani
600
Everybody shifts in "Night Shift" except for these two sections.
Second violins and basses
600
This composer wrote the main theme (Hedwig's Theme) for "Harry Potter" as well as "Jurassic Park" and "Schindler's List"
John Williams
1000
This composer wrote "The Planets".
Gustav Holst
1000
This is an Italian term that means literally "tail". It indicates the end of the piece. You sometimes jump to it from somewhere else...
Coda
1000
This instrument is played with a double reed.
Oboe
1000
You need to shift in order to play this fancy term for a note that you do not have to press down all the way onto the string (be specific about what kind).
Natural harmonic
1000
Violins originated in what European country?
Italy