Orchestra Jeopardy

Bow Technique and Tempo

100

What is Legato Bowing?

connected, smooth

200

What is the bow articulation term that means to "separate"?

Staccato

300

What does the term détaché bowing mean?

separated, one note per bow

400

What does Allegro mean?

Fast and lively tempo

500

What does Andante mean? 

moderate speed, walking tempo

Performance

100

What is the stick that the conductor holds?

Baton

200

Name two ways to create a bigger sound?

More weight, more bow hair, faster bow speed, Frog etc.

300

What is it called when you have 5 performers playing together?

Quintet

400

What is the musical term that means to think, or count in a smaller value of notes?

Subdivide

500

What is the Key signature of D major?

2 sharps (F and C)

Music History and Theory

100

Who composed Twinkle Little Star?

Mozart

200

How many eighth notes are in a dotted quarter note?

3

300

Who composed Ode to Joy?

Beethoven

400

How many quarter notes would fill 1 measure in 12/8 time?

6

500

Tchaikovsky famously composed the Dance of the _____

Sugarplum Fairy

Strings

100

What are the strings on the viola?

A,D,G,C

200

Which string requires more weight from the bow to create the same volume (violin, viola, cello) A, or D

D

300

What intervals (distance from 1 note to another) are the string instruments tuned in? (Violin, Viola, cello)

Fifth

400

Is the C string on the cello lower than the C string on the viola?

Yes

500

What are the strings on the Bass?

G, D, A, E

Random

100

How many movements are in St. Paul's Suite?

4

200

What is the tattoo on Mr. Fleischman's right arm?

A raven

300

Without checking, how many repeats are in Arensky Variation 2? 

2

400

What is the name of the mathematical spiral of the scroll of a string instrument?

Fibonacci sequence or golden ratio/spiral

500

What is Mr. Fleischman's cat's name?

Harvey