Orchestras
Violins/violas
Music
Cellos/bass
General
100
This is the name of a full orchestra, like the MSO.

What is a symphony orchestra?

100

The 4 strings on a violin

What is e a d g

100

These are the 2 sharps most typically found in our music

What are C and F sharp

100

The 4 strings of the cello

What is a A, D, G, C?

100

All of the stringed instruments typically found in an orchestra

What are violins, violas, cellos, & basses?

200

This was the combined song we played on the winter concert

What is the jingle bells

200

The 4 strings of the viola

What is a, d, g, and c

200

Pizzicato means this

What is the plucking

200

The 4 strings on the bass

What is e, a, d, g

200
The two most common types of wood used in making stringed instruments.
What are spruce and maple?
300
This is what the conductor waves in front of the orchestra to conduct

What is a baton

300

This is how Violas are measured for sizing purposes

What is in inches

300

What this symbol means

What is natural

300

An adjustable rod coming out of the bottom of a cello/bass

What is the endpin?

300
This composer was completely deaf by the time of the debut performance of his well known symphony number 9.
Who is Beethoven?
400

What instrument plays the tuning note for the whole orchestra

What is the oboe

400

It is the name of this part on the instrument

What is the end button?

400

Arco means this

What is the with the bow

400
This is the round disk/strap used on slippery floors to stop the cello from sliding around

What is the rock stop

400

This is what rosin is made of

What is tree sap

500

This is the name of the leader of the string section. They usually sit right next to the conductor

Who is the Concertmaster

500

The clef the viola plays in

What is alto clef?

500

D.C. al Fine means this

What is da capo Al fine (to the beginning until the fine)

500

This is the name of the two different types of bows bassists use

What is German and French

500

This is the number of cats, if any, Mr. Y has

Bonus 500 pts: If you can name either of them

What is 2

Who is Ellen or Lily