Woodwind
What are the 5 Basic Woodwind Instruments?
Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone, Oboe, Bassoon?
Is the French Horn of French Orgin?
No! It's only part French, mostly German.
What is a special feature of the trombone?
It has a slide instead of valves.
Name the four main instrument families
Woodwinds, Brass, Strings, and Percussion?
What instrument does Ms. Luke play?
Bonus pts. for whichever team can guess how many years.
Flute, 12 yrs.
What are the single reed instruments?
What are the double reed instruments?
Single Reed: Clarinet and Saxophone
Double Reed: Oboe and Bassoon
How do Brass Instruments produce sound?
Buzzing lips into a mouthpiece.
What is the "water key" and what is its function?
It clears out the condensation/spit from the inner tubing of an instrument.
How are instrument families grouped together/categorized?
How they produce sound.
What is an Embouchure?
The muscles in your face/face shape when you play an instrument.
Blowing over a tone hole and the vibration of a reed.
What are the 5 or 6 Basic Brass Instruments
Trumpet, Trombone, French Horn, Euphonium/Baritone, and Tuba?
What are the two types of bores and what is a characteristic of their sound?
Cylindrical: Bright
Conical: Mellow
Fill in the blanks:
The bigger the instrument, the _____ it sounds.
The smaller the instrument, the _____ it sounds.
Lower, Higher
Define "Timbre".
The specific tone color/sound of an instrument or musical phrase.
What does a ligature do?
It clamps the reed to the mouthpiece.
What is a Bore?
The internal tubing of an instrument.
Which instruments have piston valves?
Which instruments have rotary valves?
Trumpet, Euphonium/Baritone, Tuba
Horn
How does a percussion instrument produce sound?
When something is struck/hit and something vibrates to produce sound.
Look at the back of the room, name 5 percussion instruments.
(Ms. Luke will grade this one!)
Put these in order from Highest to Lowest:
Baritone, Soprano, Bass, Alto, Tenor
Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Baritone, Bass
Define the Harmonic Series.
Which Brass instrument has only one?
A collection of specific pitches
The Bugle
Which instruments have a conical bore?
Which instruments have a cylindrical bore?
Conical: Euphonium, Horn, Tuba
Cylindrical: Trumpet, Trombone, Baritone
What instrument family does the piano belong to?
The string and percussion families
What are two other types of tubas we learned about? What are they used for?
Sousaphone and Contra (Marching Band)