This is the largest instrument in the orchestra.
What is a double bass/bass?
This composer wrote L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2.
Who is Georges Bizet?
The only major scale without any sharps or flats.
What is C?
This is what the G clef is called
What is treble clef?
During this time period (1800s), music became more emotional and expressive.
What is the Romantic Period?
This instrument is split into two different sections.
What is a violin?
This composer wrote Eine Kleine Nachtmusik.
Who is Mozart?
The symbol that includes DC.
What is a da capo?
There four instruments in the violin family. name them
What are violin, viola, cello, and double bass?
Mozart and Haydn are famous composers from this time period.
What is the Classical period?
This instrument is held in between your knees when you play it.
What is a cello?
This composer is famous for his “Ode to Joy”.
Who is Beethoven?
Markings that tell you how loud or soft to be, in varying degrees.
What are dynamics?
This dynamic means to play quietly
What is piano?
This time period came before the Classical period and featured Vivaldi.
What is the Baroque period?
This instrument is lower pitched than a violin, but higher pitched than a cello.
What is a viola?
This Italian composer wrote the “Four Seasons”.
Who is Vivaldi?
The piano reads these two clefs
What are treble and bass?
This is rule #1 in Orchestra
What is the conductor is always right?
This time period came before the Baroque period and featured early instruments.
What is the Medieval period?
This instrument is only plucked and uses no bow at all.
What is a harp?
This English composer wrote the Simple Symphony
Who is Benjamin Britten?
This key has 2 sharps
What is the key of D major?
When the entire orchestra plays together, it’s called this.
What is tutti?
Composers like Stravinsky and Debussy created new sounds and experimented with harmony and rhythms during this time period.
What is the 20th century/Modern period?