Orchestras
Violins
Violas
Cellos
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 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 local symphony "BSO's" full name

What is the Baltimore Symphony 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
The small piece that attaches the tailpiece to the end button
What is the tail gut?
400

A silly English nickname for the viola

What is middle fiddle?

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

Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel is this American philharmonic's music director (there are two right answers!)

What is the LA or NY Phil

500
A bow stroke where the bow bounces off the string.
What is spiccato?
500
Probably the most famous 20th century violist and he played a large role in commissioning new works for the viola as a solo instrument.
Who is William primrose?
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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