To get the effect of someone sliding on the string
What is glissando
100
The violinist is tuning the orchestra. What pitch does the concertmaster have to play in hertz?
What is A440 hz
100
C to G (Interval?)
What is Perfect Fifth
100
Music notation is writing out music. Improvisation vs. Transcribe. What is the difference?
Improvisation is making up music as you go
Transcribing is writing down music from ear
200
Loud is forte. What do you add to make it Very Loud in Italian?
what is issimo? or fortissimo?
200
Emphasis on notes
What are accents
200
A person is recording music and wants to send over to a friend. She wants it send it via e-mail. What format type would she need to use?
What is MP3
200
The sharps or flats in the key of A
What is three: F#, C#, G#
200
What is the difference between an arrangement versus a composition?
An arrangement is a original work that is modified by another person, whereas a composition is a new, original work.
300
Forte is loud, piano is soft. How do you say "medium" in Italian?
What is mezzo
300
A perfect demonstration of this bowing technique is used in many horror films to build suspense
What is tremolo
300
A student is playing horribly off rhythm. What tool could he benefit from practicing with?
What is a metronome
300
How do you define the pattern of a major scale?
What is W, W, H, W, W, W, H
300
The term for the musicians holding out the note by the conductor compared with the silent symbol for the orchestra that is also held out by the conductor. (Two Terms!)
What is fermata and caesura (or railroad tracks).
400
A common time is 4/4. What is march and waltz time (in order)?
What is 2/4, 3/4
400
The conductor wants to communicate to the orchestra in Italian the following things to do to the music:
1) bounce the bow
2) inside and outside stand partners break up the part
3) use the wood of the bow
What is
1) spiccato
2) divisi
3) col legno
400
Give one example of something at the threshold of pain.
What is Airplane, rocket, rock concert, etc.
400
A pianist is playing with a violinist. The violinist tells the pianist to play a C Major chord (C-E-G). The pianist accidentally plays the chord augmented. What would the notes be that the pianist accidentally plays?
What is C-E-G#
400
1st & 2nd endings vs. repeat sign. Explain the difference.
1st & 2nd endings: play goes through 1st time, repeats, then jumps over 1st ending to 2nd ending.
Repeat sign: Just repeats once through unless notated.
500
The conductor wants to tell the orchestra three things in Italian:
1) slow to fast
2) soft to loud
3) hold the note
What would they say?
What is 1) Accelerando
2) Crescendo
3) Fermata
500
When you play D & A strings together, what are you doing?
What is a double stop
500
A sound person is working a gig. (1) All of a sudden there is a horrible ringing noise coming out of the speakers. The sound person fixes it. (2) The vocalist also asks the soundman to turn down the bass and bring up the treble. The sound person goes to the ______ and fixes. What two keywords describe function 1 & 2
What is feedback and equalizer
500
What is the relative major/minor of the following keys?
(Hint: count 3 1/2 steps down for minor, opposite for major)
1) C Major
2) E minor
3) D Major
What is 1) A minor, G Major, B minor
500
Tone color, often referred to sounds from different instruments