What are the Eras?
This Era is the very first one!
Baroque
What instrument family is most prominent in the first era, Baroque?
Strings
What was the first drum introduced in the Classical era?
Timpani
Which percussion instrument was introduced around the same time a 3-year-old became the Shogun of Japan in 1713?
Triangle
What did strings used to be made of?
Animal guts
This timeless era is the 2nd!
Classical
What instrument family is the cow bell?
Percussion
How many instruments started out in the orchestra?
8
Which string instrument in the Baroque era was introduced around the time Isaac Newton published his laws of motion?
Violin
What makes the prepared piano different from the regular piano?
It has objects attached to create different timbres.
This love-y sounding one is the 3rd era.
Romantic
What instrument family is the saxophone a part of?
Woodwind
Which era was the typewriter introduced?
Modern
Which woodwind instrument that starts with a B was introduced around the invention of the mercury thermometer?
Bassoon
What instrument, that literally means "little" in Italian, is a sister instrument to the flute?
Piccolo
Present Day's time is called:
Modern
Besides percussion, what do some people label as the instrument family for instruments like the piano, synthesizer, and harpsichord?
Keyboard
How many eras was the harpsichord present?
1
What small drum was introduced around the time of Pride and Prejudice?
Snare Drum
What are drumheads classically made out of?
Calfskin
As the era's continue, what happens to the size of the orchestra?
It increases
Name the 4 major instrument families
Woodwind, Strings, Percussion, Brass
How many instruments were introduced in the Romantic era?
9
What plucking string instrument was brought in around the time of the waltz.
Harp
Which brass instrument uses a slider to change notes?
Trombone