Instrument Families
The guitar is a very versatile instrument which can be heard in a variety of musical genres and happens to be a member of this instrument family.
Strings
The can be heard getting faster or doing this Italian term that begins with the letter 'A'.
Accelerando
Briefly heard hear in the Fossils movement of Carnival of the Animals by Saint-Saens, this piece is often performed by young Suzuki string players.
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
The trumpet, featured in this clip is a member of the this instrument family, which is often heard at big orchestral climaxes.
Brass
The music of Johann Straus accels, but if it slowed down you would use this Italian word beginning with the letter 'R' to describe the musical process.
Ritardando
The "Rabbit" of Seville is not the actual name of the opera by Rossini. Instead, the opera is know as ________ of Seville.
Barber
Although the saxophone looks as if it belongs to the brass family of musical instruments, it is in fact a member of this family of instruments because of its single-reed status.
Woodwinds
Seen here on the violin, the Pink Panther is playing Arco, which means using this stick with tied horse hair.
Bow
This is the first movement of Carnival of the Animals by this French composer.
Camille Saint-Saens
It is often debated that the piano belongs to the strings family and this family of indefinite and definite pitch instruments.
Percussion
G.P. can be heard here when the entire orchestra and singer stop and there is complete silence.
Grand Pause
This commercial features a very famous piece of music called Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, or A Little Night Music, by this Austrian composer.
W. A. Mozart
Heard in this clip, voices sing unacommpanied or this 'a' word.
Acapella
The process of gradually getting louder known as crescendo. However, a SUDDEN change in the volume of music heard in this example by Haydn is referred to by this Italian term.
Subito
Symphony No. 6 by this German composer can be heard here, though his Symphony No. 5 is much more well-known.
Beethoven