True or False: An orchestra is not a group of musicians playing together under the direction of a conductor.
False
100
What are the five sections of an orchestra?
Strings, Woodwind, Brass, Percussion, and Conductor
100
What is a pops orchestra?
It is an orchestra that performs popular, classical and show music.
100
True or False: A Concert band consists of wind instruments, strings, and percussion.
False
200
Which instrument is a woodwind instrument but made out of brass?
The Saxophone
200
How many musicians are in a orchestra at a given time?
Sixty to Ninety musicians
200
How many musicians are in chamber orchestra?
What is fifteen to forty-five musicians?
200
What country are gamelan orchestra based out of?
What is Indonesia?
200
What is the number of musicians possible in a concert band?
What is sixty to two hundred fifty musicians?
300
True or False: The musicians perform music specially composed for specific instruments in an orchestral performance.
True
300
What is the conductor's two jobs in an orchesta?
Their job is to make sure everything comes together perfectly and keeps time using a baton to clearly count out each individual beat in the tempo the music is to be played.
300
What makes gamelan orchestra unique to western orchestras?
They create a strong rhythm-driven sound throughout the orchestra.
300
Name types of bands possible in a concert band.
Brass Band, Marching Band, Wind Ensemble, Jazz Band
400
Which two instruments belong to more than one instrument?
Piano and Guitar
400
Name six instruments in the orchestra.
Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass, Harp, Piano
400
Name of location of each section in a symphony orchestra.
Strings= The front
Woodwinds and Brass = Middle
Percussion = Back
The Conductor = the middle of everything
400
True or False:The closet Pops Orchestra in the area is the Boston Pops Orchestra.
False Its the Carolina Pops in Greer, South Carolina.
500
Which woodwind instrument require two reeds to play?
Oboe or Bassoon
500
What is the lowest sounding instrument in a orchestra?
Double Bass
500
Name four types of Orchestra.
What is String Orchestra, Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Pops Orchestra, and Gamelan Percussion Orchestra?
500
Name at least five instruments in a gamelan orchestra.
Gong, Bell Chimes, Marimba, Drum, Tambourines
500
What is a major difference in a concert band from a orchestra?
Either the types of ensembles or that one ensemble has all strings instruments while other has only wind instruments and percussion.