Music Theory
The type of note is learned first in beginning orchestra and is most commonly one beat
What is a Quarter Note?
This American Singer-Songwriter started their career in country pop and has since won 14 Grammy Awards
Who is Taylor Swift?
The part of the instrument holds up the strings and is in between the fingerboard and tailpiece.
What is the Bridge?
The instrument most known for having the melody.
What is a Violin?
This place of higher education is where Mr. Le got his Bachelors in Music Education: Instrumental
What is Central Michigan University?
A combination of notes that provide depth and richness to the music
What is Harmony?
A Period in Western Music from 1590 to 1750
What is the Baroque Period?
In case of an emergency, this can be used as a rock stop.
What is a shoe?
The seat that gives up their violin if the soloist breaks a string.
Who is the Concert Master?
This was the initial valuation of Mr. Le’s personal Viola when he got it his senior year
What is $4,000?
I-V-vi-IV is the typical chord progression in this genre of music
What is Pop Music?
The Venetian Conductor is the current LA Philharmonic and Simon Bolivar Symphony of Venezuela Music and Artistic Director.
Who is Gustavo Dudamel?
Paganini’s favorite Violin in his collection
(11 Stradivarius, 3 Guarneri, and 2 Amati)
Hint: it was made in 1743
What is Guarneri’s II Cannone?
The Eight Efforts which are comprised of 4 components: Direction,Weight, Speed, and Flow
Hint: Originally used in theater adapted in Conducting
What are Laban Movements?
This is the amount of siblings Mr. Le has
What is 1 sister?
A basic triad consists of a root, a third, and a fifth, but this 4-note chord adds another third on top, commonly used in jazz and classical music to create tension.
What is a seventh chord? or What is a dominant seventh?
Though he went completely deaf later in life, this German composer's Symphony No. 9 features the famous 'Ode to Joy' choral finale.
Who is Ludwig van Beethoven?
Though it is made of brass and uses a spit valve, this orchestral instrument is actually classified as a woodwind because it uses a vibrating cane reed.
What is a saxophone?
Traditionally, before the Conductor steps out, the concertmaster ques this instrument to tune the orchestra.
What is the Oboe?
This is Mr. Le's MBTI
What is ISTP?
The notes in order from highest to lowest in a
C Fully Diminished 7th in second inversion
Eb-C-Bbb-Gb
The three most prominent 20th century Viola Concerto’s
What are the Bartok, Walton, and Hindemith Viola Concertos?
This Antonio Stradivari instrument failed to sell at auction with a minimum bid at $45 Million in 2014 and is still on sale as of 2018
What is the “MacDonald” Viola?
This Russian composer included a part for a real cannon in his 1812 Overture, which also quotes the French national anthem, La Marseillaise.
Who is Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky?
Mr. Le spends the most money on these events during the summer.
What are Concerts?