INSTRUMENTS
This instrument is slightly bigger than a violin and plays lower notes.
WHAT IS THE VIOLA?
A repeat sign.
DRAW A REPEAT SIGN?
This is what you are part of when you attend a concert.
WHAT IS THE AUDIENCE?
In a meter signature this number means the quarter note get the beat.
WHAT IS THE NUMBER 4?
The person that leads the orchestra.
WHO IS THE CONDUCTOR?
The smallest brass instrument.
WHAT IS THE TRUMPET?
A treble clef.
DRAW A TREBLE CLEF?
The orchestra leader will put his/her hands down to his/her side.
WHAT IS THE END OF THE PIECE?
In a meter signature this means there are 2 beats in each measure.
WHAT IS ANY METER SIGNATURE WITH A NUMBER 2 ON TOP?
The person that writes the music.
WHO IS THE COMPOSER?
The smallest woodwind instrument.
WHAT IS A PICCOLO? (OR RECORDER)
A bass clef.
DRAW A BASS CLEF?
This instrument family sits in the front of the orchestra at a concert.
WHAT IS THE STRING FAMILY?
One beat.
WHAT IS ONE QUARTER NOTE, TWO EIGHTH NOTES, OR FOUR SIXTEENTH NOTES IN 4/4 METER?
The stick the person that leads the orchestra holds.
WHAT IS A BATON?
An instrument in both the string and percussion family.
WHAT IS A PIANO?
Two eighth notes.
DRAW TWO EIGHTH NOTES?
The raised floor on which performers stand to perform at a concert.
WHAT IS THE STAGE?
A tie.
WHAT ARE TWO NOTES WITH A SLUR SYMBOL UNDER THEM AND ONLY THE FIRST ONE IS PLAYED OR SUNG?
There are most of these instruments in a symphony orchestra.
WHAT ARE VIOLINS?
This brass instrument has no valves to change pitch.
WHAT IS A TROMBONE?
Four sixteenth notes.
DRAW FOUR SIXTEENTH NOTES?
Music without instrumental accompaniment. e.g. Pentatonix.
WHAT IS A CAPPELA?
A symbol that means silence for one beat in 4/4 meter.
WHAT IS A QUARTER REST?
This woodwind instrument gives the “A” pitch for all of the other instruments to tune to in a symphony orchestra.
WHAT IS AN OBOE?