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The highest woodwind instrument in the orchestra is _____
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Piccolo
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Brass instruments did not require valves until the ____
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19th century
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A hollow, funnel-shaped piece of wood or plastic that brass players use to alter the tone of their instrument is ____
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mute
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The piano has ___ keys, spanning more than 7 octaves
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88
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Rapidly repeating tones by quick up-and-down strokes of the bow is a string technique called ____
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tremolo
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The very high-pitched tones that are produced when a string player lightly touches certain points on the string are called ____
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harmonics
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the ______ are the only orchestral drums of definite pitch
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Timpani (kettle drums)
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