Instruments
The four families of the Baroque Orchestra.
What are Keyboards, Brass, Strings, Woodwinds?
The term for items used on a stage during an opera performance.
What are props?
A solo song performed in an opera.
What is an aria?
The number of children Bach had.
What is 20?
An example of a string instrument
What is a violin, viola, cello, or string bass?
The definition of a libretto.
What is the the text of an opera?
A keyboard piece showing off the performer's technique.
What is a toccata?
The main difference between the piano and the harpsichord.
What is how the strings are made to vibrate?
An example of a brass instrument
What is a trumpet, trombone, or horn?
The highest female vocal part in an opera.
What is a soprano?
A piece with multiple lines, that enter in at different times, and repeat an idea.
What is a fugue?
The number of pieces Bach composed in his lifetime.
What is over 1,000?
An example of a woodwind
What is a clarinet, flute, oboe, bassoon?
The word for the group singers in an opera, with each person singing more than one part.
What is the chorus?
An introductory piece of music.
What is a prelude?
The dates of the Barqoue Era
What is 1600-1750?
An example of a keyboard instrument
What is a harpsichord or organ?
The definition of an opera.
What is a play in which all of the parts are sung?
An introduction to royalty played on brass instruments.
What is a fanfare?
The event that prompted the end of the Baroque Era
What is the death of Bach?