String/Percussion Instruments
What string instrument do you sit down & hold between your legs to play?
Cello
Which brass instrument has a slide?
Trombone
The speed or pace of a given piece.
Tempo
The volume of a piece of music
Dynamics
How many reeds does the saxophone have?
One
What is the highest string instrument in the orchestra?
Violin
Trumpet
Refers to the pattern of sounds and silences that occur over time
Rhythm
the structure and design of a composition
Form
How many reeds does the oboe have?
This is the lowest string instrument in the orchestra & is also commonly used in jazz
double bass
How do you make a sound on brass instruments?
Buzz your lips into the mouthpiece
what is responsible for giving music its pulse
Beat
in music deals with the different layers of notes
Texture
Is the Bassoon lower or higher pitched?
Lower
In percussion, group of instruments have a membrane (drum head) stretched across a form (drum body)?
Membranophone
What is the lowest pitched brass instrument?
Tuba
How "high" or "low" a sound is to the ear
Pitch
what allows a listener to distinguish one instrument from another and one singer from another
Timbre
True or False - The recorder has a reed
False
This group of percussion instruments make sound by striking, rubbing, shaking, or rattling the materials they are made of.
Idiophones
What are the buttons called on brass instruments that change the length of the tubing?
Valves
how the beats are arranged, usually in terms of strong and weak beats
Meter
What is the smaller version of the flute called?
Piccolo
Do you blow air directly into the flute to produce sound?
No