Orchestras
Music Notation
Terminology
Cellos
Do You Know the Orchestra?
100
The 1st chair 1st violin who tunes the orchestra
What is the concertmaster?
100

What clef is this?

Alto Clef

100

What does Crescendo mean?

To get louder

100
The lowest note on a cello
What is a C?
100

Who is the composer of Summer? 

Antonio Vivaldi

200
The instrument that would play the tuning note for a symphony.
What is the oboe?
200

What is this symbol called?

Natural

200

What does piano mean

play quietly

200
Arguably the most famous cellist today.
Who is yo-yo ma?
200

Who is the composer of Gargoyles

Doug Spata

300

The local symphony "BPO" full name

What is the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra?

300

What is the name of this symbol? 

Fermata
300

What does accelerando mean

Get faster

300
An adjustable rod coming out of the bottom of a cello
What is the endpin?
300

Who is the composer of Phantom of the Opera

Andrew Lloyd Webber

400

How many instrument families are in the symphony orchestra?

What is 4 instrument families? (strings, brass, woodwind, percussion)

400

What is this symbol?

Half rest
400
What does motif mean

a recurring musical idea

400
The strings of a cello from highest to lowest.
What is ADGC?
400

When is the special guest coming?

February 2nd

500

Who is the current orchestra director of the BPO?

JoAnn Falletta

500

What is this symbol? 

Double-sharp

500

What does interval mean

The distance between two notes
500
The technique for playing extremely high positions on the cello.
What is thumb position?
500

When is Springfest?

MAY 19

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