Orchestras
Violins
Violas
Cellos/Basses
Miscellaneous
100
The 1st chair 1st violin who tunes the orchestra
What is the concertmaster?
100

The strings on a violin

What is e a d g?

100
The lowest note that can be played on a viola
What is a C?
100
The lowest note on a cello
What is a C?
100
All of the stringed instruments typically found in an orchestra
What are violins, violas, cellos, & basses?
200

The instrument that would play the tuning note for a full symphony.

What is the oboe?

200

The smallest fractional sized violin.

What is a 1/32nd size violin?

200
The way different size violas are measured.
What is in inches?
200

Arguably the most famous cellist today.

Who is Yo-Yo Ma?

200
The two most common types of wood used in making stringed instruments.
What are spruce and maple?
300

The name of the world famous ensemble that performs at Blossom Music Center every summer

What is the Cleveland Orchestra?

300
An increasingly popular material used in violin bows as an alternative to wood.
What is carbon fiber?
300
The clef viola music is normally written in.
What is alto clef?
300
An adjustable rod coming out of the bottom of a cello
What is the endpin?
300

This composer was completely deaf by the time of the debut performance of his well known Symphony Number 9.

Who is Beethoven?

400
The stand partner responsible for turning pages
What is the inside player? (Left side if violins, right side if viola or cello)
400

Unlike the other instruments in the string family, the violin is the only one that can have this connected to one string for adjusting pitch...not all four strings

What is the fine tuner?

400

This instrument shares the same strings as a viola, just an octave lower

What is the cello?

400
The strings of a cello from highest to lowest.
What is ADGC?
400
How a conductor would conduct a fast song in a 6/8 time signature
What is in 2?
500

A conductor uses this item to direct ensembles in a performance and has a handle often crafted of wood or resin

What is a baton

500
A bow stroke where the bow bounces off the string.
What is spiccato?
500

The term viola da braccio, meaning, literally, 'of the arm' is in what language?

What is italian?

500
The technique for playing extremely high positions on the cello.
What is thumb position?
500
The relative minor of f major.
What is d minor?
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