Symphonies
The 1st chair 1st violin who tunes the orchestra
What is the concertmaster?
The highest string on a typical violin
What is E?
The most famous Classical composer
Who is Mozart?
What is a major scale?
The most famous cellist known today
Who is Yo Yo Ma?
This instrument groups sits near the front of stage in an orchestra
What are strings?
This instrument typically reads higher notes in tenor clef and sometimes treble clef
What is the cello?
The typical number of movements in a classical symphony (double points to name the three parts of Sonata Form)
What is four? (Bonus: Exposition, Development, and Recapitulation)
How one would count eighth notes in a measure of 12/8
What is 1-la-li 2-la-li 3-la-li 4-la-li?
The first scale string players learn to play in beginner class
What is D Major?
This instrument group includes the French horn
What is brass?
This instrument is usually measured in inches
What is the viola?
This instrument/instrument family is the predecessor to our modern day string instruments
What is viol/viola da gamba?
The number of beams that a 64th note would have
What is a 64th note?
The virtuoso violinist famous during the 1800's who composed many caprices and other pieces for violin
Who is Paganini?
The instrument that would play the tuning note for the orchestra in a traditional symphony
What is the oboe?
The interval that double bass strings are tuned in
What are 4ths? (As opposed to 5ths in other string instruments)
This composer died at the age of 31 after composing works such as Erlkonig and his Unfinished Symphony
Who is Franz Schubert?
This major key is found straight across from C major on the circle of fifths
What is Gb major/F# major?
The creature commonly known as the Big Purple Dinosaur
Who is Barney?
The century that symphonies began to appear in history
The 18th century (1700's)
A double reed instrument
What is bassoon or oboe?
The musical era that occurred between the Renaissance and the Classical eras
The relative minor of F Major
What is D Minor?
Staccato : Short :: Legato : ____
What is Long/Smooth/Connected?