Program Music
Name an example of program music that we have studied this term.
- Peter and the Wolf
- In the Hall of the Mountain King
Name all of the instruments in the orchestral string family.
Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass, Harp
Which woodwind instrument is the piccolo most closely related to?
Flute
Trombone
Which unpitched percussion ideophone shares the name and physical form of a three-sided two-dimensional geometrical shape?
Triangle
Which instrument represented the bird in Peter and the Wolf?
Flute
Which string instrument is considered the leader of the orchestra?
(1st) Violin
How many reeds does a clarinet use?
1. It is a single-reed instrument.
Which instrument of the orchestral brass family is the only one to be played with the performer's left hand?
The French Horn
What type of percussion instruments are known as 'membranophones'?
Drums - instruments with a skin/membrane
Which Peter and the Wolf character was represented by an entire orchestral family?
Peter - string family
Which orchestral string instrument usually sits directly in front of the conductor?
Viola
Which double-reeded instrument was often a soloist in the earliest forms of the orchestra?
Oboe
What is the mechanism called on a trumpet that changes the length of the tubing, and by extension the note that the instrument plays?
Valve(s)
What are two names for this instrument?
Hint: One begins with 'G' the other begins with 'T'
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'Gong' or 'tam-tam'
What is the name of this orchestral piece of program music?
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In the hall of the mountain king
Which instrument is this?
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Cello
What does the French named instrument,
the Cor Anglais translate to in English?
English Horn
Cor = horn
Anglais = English
Which is the youngest member of the brass family?
Tuba
Which instrument has a metal keyboard, is struck with hard mallets and its name means 'bell-play' in another language?
Glockenspiel
(German for 'bell-play')
Glocken = bells, spiel = game
Who wrote 'Peter and the Wolf'?
Sergei Prokofiev - Russian 20th Century classical composer.
Sergei Prokofiev wrote the story and composed the music for Peter and the Wolf in 1936. It was written in two weeks for a children's theatre in Moscow. He wrote the music as a child's introduction to the orchestra with each character being represented by an instrument or group of instruments.
Why are there so many string instruments in an orchestra?
(Often there are around 50 string players in an 80 piece orchestra!)
They are the quietest, so need many numbers to balance the sound of the orchestra.
Name this orchestral woodwind instrument:
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Contrabassoon
(or Double Bassoon)
Which orchestral brass instrument can you hear?
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French Horn
Which pitched membranophone was the first percussion instrument to be included in the classical orchestra of the 1700s?
Timpani