8th Grade Orchestra Jeopardy

Reading Music

100

Shaped like a rectangle, this symbol is used to keep the place of two beats in which you aren't playing.

Half rest

200

This note lasts for a quarter of a beat in a 4/4 measure.

Sixteenth note

300

Name the SPACES of the staff that violins read in order from lowest to highest pitch.

F A C E

400

This is the name of the clef (placement of notes) read by cellos.

Bass clef

500

This is the only instrument in the orchestra that primarily reads the alto clef

Viola

Parts of the Instrument

100

Made of cork, this is the part of your instrument that the strings rest on in order to produce a sound.

Bridge

200

These are the smaller, metal tuners on orchestral string instruments.

Fine tuners

300

This long, metal stick is the part of the cello that rests on the floor.

End pin

400

This is the animal that bow hair comes from.

Horse

500

Part of the instrument's neck, this is the long, black piece of wood on which the fingers of the left hand hold down the strings.

Fingerboard

Technique

100

This is the technique in which one uses the hand to make slight pulsations forward and back around a note.

Vibrato

200

Marked by a cursive F, this is the musical term for playing loudly.

Forte

300

This is the term for playing with your bow after you've been playing pizzicato.

Arco

400

This is the technique in which one changes the position of the hand in order to play notes that are higher in pitch.

Shifting

500

This is the bow stroke that is usually marked by dots over or under the note head, requires very short bow strokes and produces a very short sound.

Staccato

Composers and Songs

100

This is the movie that featured the song "All the Stars."

Black Panther

200

This Hamilton creator also wrote the music for Moana.

Lin-Manuel Miranda

300

This is the full piece of music by Gustav Holst, in which "Jupiter" is a part.

The Planets

400

This song that you played this year is based on the traditional melodies of people from a mountain range that extends from Canada to Alabama.

Appalachian Hymn

500

He was the composer of "Jupiter."

Gustav Holst

Other Instruments

100

This instrument has 88 keys

Piano

200

This type of guitar plays lower notes and only has 4 strings

Bass guitar

300

This brass instrument changes pitch by moving a long slide

Trombone

400

The saxophone and clarinet need this small piece inserted into the mouthpiece in order to make a sound

A reed

500

This is a small, higher pitched version of the flute

Piccolo