3-5 Orchestra Trip Q1 19-20

Instrument Families

100

What's the name of the instrument family where the sound is created by vibrating strings?

String Family

200

What's the name of the instrument family that creates sound by hitting, shaking, or scraping?

Percussion Family

300

What's the name of the instrument family that changes pitches by pressing valves?

Brass Family

400

What's the name of the instrument family that sometimes creates sound by using reeds to vibrate air through a column?

Woodwind Family

500

What's one of the two instrument families a piano could belong to?

Percussion Family or Keyboard Family

Conducting

100

True or False

One of the conductor's jobs is to keep the beat for the orchestra.

True

200

When we learned a conducting pattern, how many beats per measure were we conducting?

4

300

When we learned a conducting pattern, what was the order of the directions we moved our conducting hand?

Down, In, Out, Up

400

If the conductor wanted the orchestra to play with a piano dynamic, would they use a large or small conducting pattern?

Small

500

If the conductor wanted the orchestra to play with a staccato articulation, would they conduct smoothly, or sharply?

Sharpy

Opera and Ballet

100

In ballet, both guys and girls wear what on their legs to help them move better?

Tights

200

What language do ballet words come from?

French

300

Is there any talking in opera?

No

400

Is opera more likely to be sung in English or Italian?

Italian

500

What do you call a guy ballet dancer?

Danseur

Composers

100

What is the name of the composer we studied who composed even after he lost his hearing?

Ludwig van Beethoven

200

What is the name of the composer we studied who is best known for writing music for movies?

John Williams

300

Who wrote the lyrics for the "Star Spangled Banner?"

Francis Scott Key

400

What is the name of the composer we studied who also wrote the music for the Nutcracker ballet?

Pyotr Tchaikovsky

500

Name one composer we studied for the concert who is STILL ALIVE.

Jennifer Higdon or John Williams

Compositions

100

What fort was the "Star Spangled Banner" written about?

Fort McHenry

200

We studied one piece of music that was written for a movie. What movie was it written for?

Star Wars

300

Name one historical composer who was an inspiration for "The Machine."

Tchaikovsky or Mozart

400

Name one composition we studied that was originally used for ballet.

The Firebird or Sylvia

500

What was the name of the opera the two arias we studied were from?

Faust