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Instrument Families
Orchestra
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Even More Orchestra
100
What are the four instrument families?
Brass, Percussion, Woodwind, and Strings
100
True or False: An orchestra is not a group of musicians playing together under the direction of a conductor.
False
100

Who leads the Orchestra?

The conductor

100

This narrow, white stick is used by the conductor to help the musicians "see" the beat and stay together.

baton

100

True or False: An orchestra consists of woodwinds, brass, and percussion.

False (don't forget the strings!)

200
Which instrument is a woodwind instrument but made out of brass?
The Saxophone
200

This section of the orchestra typically has the most players in it.

string family

200

True or false: the orchestra can have anywhere between 15 and 100 musicians playing at a time.

TRUE

200

True or false: Michael Repper, the conductor of the Ashland Symphony Orchestra, won a Grammy Award last year.

True! (He conducted the New York Youth Symphony, who won Best Orchestral Recording against some of the best professional musicians in the world!)

200

What is the highest pitched brass instrument?

What is trumpet?

300

Which is the highest pitched instrument in the string family?

Violin

300
True or False: The musicians perform music specially composed for specific instruments in an orchestral performance.
True
300

This section is located in the back of the orchestra, furthest from the conductor.

Percussion

300

Meaning "master" or "teacher" in Italian, this is the special title given to the orchestra's conductor.

maestro

300

What do you call a person who writes music?

a composer

400

Which instrument has characteristics of more than one family?

Piano 

400

This family of the orchestra may not have the most players, but it has, by far, the most instruments.

the percussion family

400

This section sits in the front of the orchestra.

Strings

400

The Concert Master is the first chair player of what instrument?

violin

400

This string instrument is size just right for the player to sit with the instrument between their knees.

cello

500
Which woodwind instrument require two reeds to play?
Oboe or Bassoon
500
What is the lowest sounding instrument in a orchestra?
Double Bass
500

Name two types of Orchestra.

What is Chamber Orchestra, Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonietta Orchestra?

500

A conductor's music that has every instrument's part written down on it is called this.

score

500

What is a major difference between a concert band and an orchestra?

An Orchestra has all the families while the concert band has only woodwinds, brass, and percussion.