Voice Parts
Strings
Woodwinds
Brass
Review
100

What is the highest female voice part?

Soprano

100

What is the highest pitched string instrument?

Violin

100

You hold this instrument to the slide & blow air across the mouthpiece

Flute

100

The highest pitched brass instrument

Trumpet

100

How the note sounds. Allows the listener to distinguish one instrument or voice from another

Timbre

200

What is the lowest male voice part?

Bass

200

What is the lowest string instrument?

Double Bass

200

A smaller version of the flute that is higher in pitch

Piccolo

200

The lowest pitched brass instrument

Tuba

200
The pulse of the music

beat

300

What is the lowest female voice part?

Alto

300

What is the slightly bigger/lower version of the violin called?

Viola

300

A high pitched double reed instrument

Oboe

300

To make a sound on a brass instrument, you have to do what with your lips?

Buzz them

300

The volume of a piece of music

dynamics

400

What is the middle range female voice part?

Mezzo Soprano

400

Name one string instrument that uses a pick.

Guitar, banjo, etc...

400
A reed instrument that is commonly used in jazz music

Saxophone

400

You hold this brass instrument by putting on hand in the bell

French Horn

400

The speed or pace of a piece of music

Tempo

500

What is the highest male voice part?

Tenor

500

This string instrument has 47 strings & is used in the orchestra

Harp

500

A low pitched double reed instrument

Bassoon

500

This brass instrument changes notes by moving the slide

Trombone

500

The structure and design of a piece of music

Form