Music History
A composer who went deaf in his later years.
Who is Beethoven.
The interval between two adjacent strings.
What is a perfect 5th?
The number of MHS orchestras.
What is 5?
The 4 types of instruments typically present in a string orchestra.
What is violin, viola, cello, and bass?
An instruction to play softer. Literally means "to decrease"
What is decrescendo?
What is the Curse of the Ninth?
The smallest musical interval commonly used. 12 are present within an octave
What is a half step?
The current MHS orchestra president. (Hint: She's super cool and organizes all the fun things we do)
Who is Tylyn Hutson?
A wooden dowel inside of string orchestra instruments that alters the tone quality.
What is a sound post?
Italian for "tail", a passage that concludes the piece of music.
What is a coda?
A child prodigy born in Austria that would go on to write over 600 pieces of music before dying at 35
Who is Mozart?
The duration of a double dotted half note
The name of the very first MHS orchestra fish (RIP)
Who is Bettatoven?
A baroque instrument similar to a cello, but with 6 strings, frets, and no endpin. This instrument is present in Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 6
What is a Viola da Gamba?
A musical term coming from the Italian phrase that means "in the style of the chapel". Describes music without instrument accompaniment.
What is a capella?
This musical period is characterized by long melodies and emotional music. Notable composers of the time include Tchaikovsky and Brahms
What is the Romantic period?
The interval between the notes C and B flat
Groups with "very nice concert black" and are sometimes considered "bold and unusual".
Who are the MHS orchestras?
An instrument invented in the 20th century that isn't touched in order to produce sound, instead using antennas to detect the position of the player's hands.
What is a theremin?
An Italian composer known for his operas such as Turandot and Madame Butterfly.
Who is Puccini?
An object used by conductors to keep time before batons were widely used. Jean Baptiste Lully famously used one, only to strike his foot during a performance, get infected by gangrene, and die.
What is a conducting staff/stick?
A type of chord that replaces the third of the chord with a perfect fourth or major second.
What is a sus (suspended) chord?
Someone who demonstrates "smart and aggressive" teaching.
Who is Mr. Harvick?
An instrument that uses a rosined wheel instead of a bow to make sounds. Also known as a wheel fiddle.
What is a Hurdy Gurdy?
Means to gradually play faster, literally means "tightening" (it's not accelerando)
What is stringendo