Instrumental Groups
True or false: chamber ensembles are large ensembles.
False, they are small ensembles.
Wind!
True or False: Idiophones are a type of string instrument.
False, they are a percussion instrument.
There are two of these instruments in a string quartet.
Violins
True or False: The Hornbostel-Sachs classification of instruments is also known as the Universal classification.
True!
Which is smaller: a violin or a viola?
A violin!
Which instrument is missing (se falta) from a wind quartet? transverse flute, clarinet, oboe, French horn, and ____?
bassoon
True or False: membranophones are a category in the traditional classification
False
T/F: A clarinet can use a fipple or a double reed.
False, it uses a single reed.
What are the sections of a symphony orchestra?
string, woodwind, brass, percussion
Which group is NOT part of the Hornbostel-Sachs classification system? chordophones, aerophones, membranophones, quadrophones, electrophones
Quadrophones...it doesn't exist!
A piano is a string instrument. It is called a ____ string instrument.
struck
In a symphony orchestra, which instrument group sits between woodwind and percussion?
Brass
How are instruments in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification system grouped?
According to how their sound is produced
Most brass instruments use valves to change pitch. A trombone is different because it uses a _____.
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