BRASS
This is a conical type of high pitched brass instrument
What is the cornet
This woodwind instrument represents
"Artless grace, pure innocence, mellow joy, the pain of a tender soul.. but one must guard against increasing it to the cry of passion, the stormy outburst of fury, menace...when it becomes ineffectual and completely grotesque"
What is oboe
"A noble and melancholy instrument...even a composer of limited skill can employ it. ...
(When employing a "Bells Up" method) "It is as if one wanted to split the roof off of the theater with the skulls of the audience"
What is French Horn
This is the most common key for a clarinet
What is Bb
The instrument developed in the mid 1800s to be a hybrid of woodwind and brass
What is the saxophone?
This instrument "is of great value on numerous occasions... it's tone is not strong and (is) devoid of brilliance and nobility. ... (It) has a tendency toward the grotesque ... its high notes have something miserable and painful about them."
What is bassoon
"The tone is noble and brilliant... suitable for in expressing martial splendor, cries of fury and vengeance as well as chants of triumph."
What is Trumpet
A flute, for example, is this - as opposed to a transposing instrument
What is concert pitched
The brass instrument that is curled into a circular shape
What is the French Horn.
The instrument that is a larger and lower version of the Bb clarinet.
What is bass clarinet?
"There is no other wind instrument which can produce a tone, let it swell, decrease and die away as beautifully as" this instrument. "Its invaluable ability to render distant sounds, an echo ... or the charm of twilight"
What is the clarinet
"Less agile and more powerful, its range extends lower than that of any instrument in the orchestra"
What is the tuba
This instrument (before valves were invented) is written in various transpositions. Players would substitute different sized crooks to achieve a new key.
What is the French horn?
The instrument with the lowest pitch, historically know as the bombardon
What is the tuba
Name three instruments that use double reeds.
What is the oboe, English Horn, bassoon
This, according to Berlioz, is "the finest and softest bass for the woodwinds."
What is Bass Clarinet
"The character of timbre varies with the degree of loudness. In fortissimo it is menacing and terrifying. The pianissimo ... is gloomy and mournful. One can imagine strange monsters uttering groans of repressed rage from a gruesome darkness"
What is the trombone
The Alto and Baritone Saxophones are pitched in this key
What is Eb
How a brass player produces a sound on his instrument.
What is buzzing lips?
Together, they make up the largest section of a wind band.
What is the clarinet?
"Endowed with a character all its own with a special aptitude for expressing certain feelings ... (such as) the desire to give an expression of desolation to a sad melody combined with ... humility and resignation"
What is Flute
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
In France, (this instrument) is very much in fashion...it has neither the nobility of the horn nor the dignity of the trumpet"
What is the Cornet
Besides C, the piccolo can be pitched in this key.
What is Db?