Music Memory 1-5
Music Memory 6-10
Instruments of the Orchestra
Notes
Keyboards
100
The piece is sung by a coloratura Soprano (a talented high pitch singer)
What is Exsultate Jubilate Alleluja
100
What does Lauretta want her father to do or she will jump off a bridge in "O Mio Babbino Caro?"
What is write a new will for Rinuccio's Uncle.
100
Which family of instruments has the largest section in the orchestra?
What is the string family.
100
4 beats
What is a whole note.
100
What note does your right hand thumb play?
What is middle C
200
Also Sprach Zarathustra was written to represent what daily occurance?
What is sunrise.
200
Why is Pictures at an Exhibition a more solomn (sad) sounding piece of music?
What is it was written when Mussorgsky's friend Viktor Hartman died suddenly.
200
What woodwind instrument is rarely seen in an orchestra?
What is saxophone.
200
2 beats?
What is a half note.
200
What note does your right hand pinkie play in regular position?
What is G.
300
What country is Camille Saint-Saens from?
What is France.
300
What is the tune to remember to help recognize the American Salute?
What is When Johhny Comes Marching Home again.
300
Brass instruments do not use reeds, instead they have _______ made out of___________?
What is mouthpieces made out of medal.
300
1 beat
What is a quarter note.
300
What is the name of the clef the right hand music is written on?
What is Treble or G Clef.
400
What is different about the Concerto for 2 violins in d minor 1st movement by Bach, than all the rest of the orchestral pieces we have listened to?
What is it is the only string orchestra.
400
Gloria in D was composed by Vivaldi when he worked where?
What is an all girls orphanage.
400
What is the conductor of the orchestra waves a stick to keep the group together, what is the name of that stick?
What is a baton.
400
3 beats
What is a dotted half note.
400
What is the name of the clef that left hand music is written on?
What is bass clef.
500
What is happening in the ballet during the Infernal Dance from the Firebird?
What is the Firebird has enchanted the "bad guys" and they are all dancing.
500
Beethoven composed many Symphonies during his life time. What was the last Symphony he wrote when he was totally deaf?
What is Symphony No. 9
500
Name a double reed instrument.
What is oboe, bassoon, English horn, or contra bassoon.
500
1/2 a beat
What is an eighth note.
500
What is the name when the right and left hand staffs are bracketed together meaning that you use both hands for a piece of music.
What is the Grand Staff
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