A string instrument played with gut strings and a Spanish bow and grip
What is a Viola (or Viol) da Gamba?
100
This means to get louder or increase in volume.
What is a crescendo (<)?
100
This brass instrument is also called a euphonium.
What is a baritone?
100
A flat sound box, usually made from wood, with 30 or 40 strings attached.
What is a zither?
100
This piece was written by Mozart for the oboist Giuseppe Ferlendis from Bergamo, in C major.
What is Oboe Concerto?
200
This is a pitched percussion instrument that is played by hitting the keys.
What is a Grand Piano?
200
This means to get softer. (name both)
What is a diminuendo or decrescendo (>)?
200
This percussion instrument is also called clappers.
What are castanets?
200
A xylophone-like instrument with metal keys instead of wood keys.
What is a glockenspiel?
200
Written by Karl Amadeus Hartmann, and has many loud clashing notes. This piece features the left and right hands at different times.
What is Sonatina?
300
This is a brass instrument originally used for battle signals and it had no valves
What is a Bugle?
300
This abbreviation tells the musician to go back to the beginning until the piece says fine.
What is da capo al fine (d. c. al fine)?
300
This percussion instrument is also called a buben.
What is a tambourine?
300
A box-shaped musical instrument with piano keys or buttons on one side, but not the other.
What is an accordion?
300
This piece is a German opera with spoken dialogue by Ludwig van Beethoven, his only opera.
What is Fidelio?
400
A wind instrument played by feeding wind into the pipes by pressure from a bag made of animal skin.
What is a Bagpipe?
400
This means to suddenly get louder or quieter.
What is forte piano (fp)?
400
This wind instrument is also called the Galician gaita.
What is a bagpipe?
400
A natural or wooden horn with a wooden cup-shaped mouthpiece.
What is an alphorn?
400
this piece is a very famous piece, written for the treble part of the piano, by Ludwig van Beethoven.
What is Fur Elise or Bagatelle in A minor?
500
A brass instrument that reads bass clef, but has other versions that can read alto and treble clefs.
What is a Tenor Horn?
500
This is a special ending and the symbol is an oval with a plus sign through it.
What is a coda?
500
This woodwind instrument is also called the xaramita.
What is a gralla? (related to the oboe)
500
End-blown, and the mouth of the instrument is constricted by a fipple. It is distinguished from the other members of the family by having holes for seven fingers.
What is a recorder?
500
This piece is a structurally rigorous composition of great emotional depth, marking the beginning of the creative middle-period of the composer Ludwig van Beethoven.