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Great Composers
Music Theory Madness
Orchestra Manual
History of Orchestra
100

This is the largest instrument in the orchestra.

What is a double bass/bass?

100

This composer wrote L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2.

Who is Georges Bizet?

100

The only major scale without any sharps or flats.

What is C?

100

This is what the G clef is called

What is treble clef?

100

During this time period (1800s), music became more emotional and expressive.

What is the Romantic Period?

200

This instrument is split into two different sections.

What is a violin?

200

This composer wrote Eine Kleine Nachtmusik.

Who is Mozart?

200

The symbol that includes DC.

What is a da capo?

200

There four instruments in the violin family.  name them

What are violin, viola, cello, and double bass?

200

Mozart and Haydn are famous composers from this time period.

What is the Classical period?

300

This instrument is held in between your knees when you play it.

What is a cello?

300

This composer is famous for his “Ode to Joy”.

Who is Beethoven?

300

Markings that tell you how loud or soft to be, in varying degrees.

What are dynamics?

300

This dynamic means to play quietly

What is piano?

300

This time period came before the Classical period and featured Vivaldi.

What is the Baroque period?

400

This instrument is lower pitched than a violin, but higher pitched than a cello.

What is a viola?

400

This Italian composer wrote the “Four Seasons”.

Who is Vivaldi?

400

The piano reads these two clefs

What are treble and bass?

400

This is rule #1 in Orchestra

What is the conductor is always right?

400

This time period came before the Baroque period and featured early instruments.

What is the Medieval period?

500

This instrument is only plucked and uses no bow at all.

What is a harp?

500

This English composer wrote the Simple Symphony

Who is Benjamin Britten?

500

This key has 2 sharps

What is the key of D major?

500

When the entire orchestra plays together, it’s called this.

What is tutti?

500

Composers like Stravinsky and Debussy created new sounds and experimented with harmony and rhythms during this time period.

What is the 20th century/Modern period?