Instrumentation Final

Front 1

All woodwinds are aerophones T or F?

Back 1

False

Front 2

Notate the range of the Flute

Back 2

low c to d 8va

Front 3

The Bass Flute Sounds as written T or F

Back 3

False

Front 4

The flute is predominantly cylindrical T or F

Back 4

True

Front 5

Alto flute is transposing instrument in what key?

Back 5

G

Front 6

In length, the ratio between the bass flute, the flute and the piccolo, is 2 : 1 : 5 T or F?

Back 6

True

Front 7

In sound, a cycle is made up of a compression and a rarefaction T or F

Back 7

True

Front 8

Name 3 perceptual characteristics of sound

Back 8

Pitch, Loudness, Timbre

Front 9

Notate Range of Oboe

Back 9

Bb to super high A

Front 10

Professional oboists spend as much time making reeds as practicing and performing T or F?

Back 10

True

Front 11

Why does the oboe tune the orchestra?

Back 11

The oboe has the least means to tune it's own instrument to someone else's.

Front 12

The english horn transposes in what key?

Back 12

F

Front 13

The oboe is Conical or Cylindrical?

Back 13

Cylindrical

Front 14

All instruments in the woodwind family produce sound in the same way T or F?

Back 14

False

Front 15

What are overtones?

Back 15

Naturally occurring harmonic partials that are integer series of the fundamental pitch

Front 16

Notate the range of a Bb Clarinet.

Back 16

E below staff - C above 8va

Front 17

What scarce african hardwood is most frequently used to make professional quality clarinets and oboes?

Back 17

Grenadilla

Front 18

Like the rest of the woodwind family, the clarinet has no trouble utilizing its overtones to overflow at the octave T or F

Back 18

False

Front 19

Clarinet is a transposing instrument, most often in the key of...

Back 19

Bb

Front 20

Because of the nature of the clarinet, it has a limited dynamic range T or F

Back 20

False

Front 21

What are multi phonics?

Back 21

Two notes alternating between each other, making it seem like 2 notes are being played at once on an instrument

Front 22

Name 3 physical characteristics of sound

Back 22

Wave Form, frequency, amplitude

Front 23

What does the whisper key on a bassoon do? Where is it located?

Back 23

It is on the vocal, it serves as a quasi octave key

Front 24

Bassoon plays mostly in bass clef, what other clef does it frequently use?

Back 24

Tenor

Front 25

The contrabassoon sounds as written T or F

Back 25

False, one octave lower

Front 26

What kind of aged wood is the bassoon made from?

Back 26

Rosewood or maple

Front 27

What is the range for bassoon

Back 27

Bb below staff to c above 8va

Front 28

Is the bassoon cylindrical or conical

Back 28

conical

Front 29

The bassoon has no trouble tuning with other instruments T or F

Back 29

False

Front 30

Name the overtone series intervals

Back 30

From bottom: Octave, Fifth, fourth, M3, m3, m3, m2

Front 31

What unit is amplitude measured in?

Back 31

dB

Front 32

The saxophone is a conical instrument, but because a straight cone would produce intonation deficiencies, it uses a _____ cone?

Back 32

Parabolic

Front 33

The baritone saxophone sounds an octave lower than the alto saxophone. Why?

Back 33

It is twice the length of the alto saxophone.

Front 34

Notate the written range of the baritone saxophone.

Back 34

Low Bb to high f

Front 35

Flutes and whistles are examples of ______ aerophones

Back 35

Edge blown

Front 36

What is sound?

Back 36

Vibrations that travel through an elastic medium that can be heard once they reach someone's ear.

Front 37

Intervals from bottom when scoring woodwinds:

Back 37

Octave, Fifth, M6,m6, M3, m3, 4th

Front 38

What is the largest market for trumpets?

Back 38

Student

Front 39

When miking brass instruments, how should you rotate the microphone?

Back 39

Off Axis

Front 40

The design of what two parts of a brass instrument determines the sound and color of the instrument?

Back 40

Lead Pipe and something else, not material.

Front 41

How are multi phonics produced on brass instruments?

Back 41

By playing a note and singing at the same time

Front 42

For each valve combination or slide position, a brass player can produce the harmonic series over the fundamental T or F

Back 42

True

Front 43

For horn players, the right hand does more than just hold the instrument, what other functions does it serve?

Back 43

Intonation and changes timbre

Front 44

Tubas are conical or cylindrical?

Back 44

conical

Front 45

notate the written range of tuba

Back 45

D below staff to f above

Front 46

How long is the Bb tuba?

Back 46

18 feet

Front 47

Tenor tubas and euphoniums are essentially the same instrument T or F

Back 47

True

Front 48

The tuba sounds an octave lower than written T or F

Back 48

False,

Front 49

Even though tubas come in several keys, they are all considered non-transposing. Why?

Back 49

The choice of tuba depends on the music. Tubists learn to transpose on the fly so it is not a transposing instrument.

Front 50

Because the design of the trombone a slur or glissando naturally occurs between most notes. How do players avoid this?

Back 50

legatto tounging

Front 51

Like the double horn, an orchestral trombone can have two sets of tubing with the addition of an Eb attachment T or F

Back 51

False

Front 52

How many positions does a trombone have?

Back 52

7

Front 53

The trombone only uses bass clef, T or F

Back 53

False

Front 54

Notate range of Trombone

Back 54

E below staff to A on top of staff Bass clef

Front 55

what are the two purposes of mutes?

Back 55

Change timbre. Effect intonation.

Front 56

List two primary mutes for trumpet and trombone

Back 56

Straight, cup

Front 57

The most popular metal for brass instruments is....

Back 57

yellow brass

Front 58

Why do professionals favor the c trumpet

Back 58

it has a brighter sound and is easier to play high notes. no transposing

Front 59

How many different valve combinations does the trumpet have?

Back 59

7

Front 60

Notate the range of a trumpet

Back 60

F# below staff to C 8va above staff

Front 61

What is the principal difference between the trumpet and coronet?

Back 61

Trumpet is mostly cylindrical, cornet is conical to the end of the instrument

Front 62

The modern trumpet is similar to the natural trumpet except for what?

Back 62

valves

Front 63

How did horns play in different keys prior to valves?

Back 63

By owning different keyed horns

Front 64

The french horn has a conical or cylindrical bore?

Back 64

conical

Front 65

Pressing the first valve on a brass instrument, it will lower the current note by how much?

Back 65

2 half steps

Front 66

piston valves are much more commonly found on horns than rotary valves. T or F

Back 66

False

Front 67

What does the term wrap mean on a brass instrument

Back 67

how the tubing is configured for optimal sound and tuning

Front 68

The double horn commonly in modern professional use has tubing in what two keys?

Back 68

F and Bb

Front 69

Almost all brass instruments in standard use in band today, whether or not they are transposing instruments, have what fundamental in common?

Back 69

Bb

Front 70

All instruments in the brass family produce sound in the same way T or F

Back 70

True

Front 71

What is slotting?

Back 71

Centering the pitch

Front 72

Order of brass instruments in staff?

Back 72

Hn12 Hn34 Tpt12 TPT34 Trb12 Trb3 Tuba

Front 73

The harp is balanced over which shoulder?

Back 73

Right

Front 74

How are enharmonics used in writing for the harp?

Back 74

Used to hide non chord tones in arpeggios or glisses

Front 75

if a harp pedal were pushed down from its middle or neutral position, would it make the corresponding strings sharp or flat?

Back 75

Sharp

Front 76

Why are the strings of the harp color coded?

Back 76

In order for the harp player to know where they are at on the instrument. C strings are colored red.

Front 77

What is the order of the harp pedal from left to right?

Back 77

DCB EFGA

Front 78

how many strings does a harp have?

Back 78

46 or 47

Front 79

Does the harp player use all of their fingers?

Back 79

No pinky

Front 80

what is the concert range of the harp?

Back 80

C 8vb of bass clef to high g 8va treble

Front 81

Explain the difference between range and tessitura of the voice

Back 81

range is the highest and lowest the voice can go, tessitura is the comfortable spot or where the voice sits.

Front 82

what is the range of a tenor?

Back 82

bass c to treble c

Front 83

all musicians must deal with the music, but vocalists also must deal with what additional aspect?

Back 83

words and different languages

Front 84

Name the part of the body where phonation occurs

Back 84

Larynx, air passes through the larynx causing the vocal folds to vibrate

Front 85

the voice is a chordophone true or false

Back 85

False aerophone?

Front 86

Name the articulators

Back 86

Teeth Tongue, lips, jaw

Front 87

What is the italian term for break between 2 registers of any voice?

Back 87

Passagi

Front 88

The pharynx is a technical term for what?

Back 88

the mouth

Front 89

The vast majority of percussion instruments fall into which two of the five standard classifications of instruments?

Back 89

idiophone, membranophone

Front 90

what is an idiophone?

Back 90

an instrument that makes sound by striking it to evoke vibrations.

Front 91

The center node of a membranophone produces the fundamental of it when struck t or f

Back 91

True

Front 92

What does regulation have to do with piano?

Back 92

It is the consistency of the feeling of the piano

Front 93

what does voicing have to do with piano?

Back 93

it is the consistency in the tone of a piano

Front 94

from left to right name the pedals of piano

Back 94

una corda, sostenuto, damper

Front 95

how many strings does a piano have?

Back 95

240

Front 96

What is the range of a piano?

Back 96

Low A below bass, high c 2 octaves above treble

Front 97

explain the difference between analog and digital signal

Back 97

analog is direct, uninterrupted signal that continually runs while digital signal has breaks known as binary that make it possible to work with a computer.

Front 98

Whether notating music or recording music, all computer software music programs are essentially sequencing programs T or F

Back 98

True

Front 99

Sound/program/voice choices on a synthesizer are called....

Back 99

patches

Front 100

What is registration on an organ?

Back 100

pulling appropriate stops in order to choose what register or registers a certain manual is playing in. Serves the purpose of wing the right sound for the musical piece.

Front 101

The organ is an electrophone T or F

Back 101

False

Front 102

What does the crescendo pedal do?

Back 102

Adds and subtracts internal stops to make the music get louder as the organist plays

Front 103

The 4 types of pipes available to an organist are...

Back 103

flute, reed, strings, principle

Front 104

The traditional organ sound is what kind of pipe?

Back 104

Principle

Front 105

Ranks on an organ refer to what?

Back 105

a group of pipes

Front 106

Manuals on an organ refer to what?

Back 106

The separate keyboards that the organist plays with his hands

Front 107

What is the swell box?

Back 107

The box that opens around certain pipes that allow the music to get louder and "Swell"

Front 108

Besides membranaphone and idiophone, what other groups do percussion sometimes get put in?

Back 108

determinate, indeterminate

Front 109

MIDI stands for what?

Back 109

Musical Instrument Digital Interface

Front 110

a midi signal is not digital t or f

Back 110

False

Front 111

MIDI is simply a standardized eans by which musical instrument systems - synthesizers, samplers, sound cards, etc. can do what?

Back 111

Communicate with eachother and computers

Front 112

What is sampling?

Back 112

The first step in changing analog to digital signal. Cuts up the signal into binary.

Front 113

All music software programs are essentially sequencing programs t or f

Back 113

True

Front 114

What is the abbreviation for piano?

Back 114

PF

Front 115

All string instruments are classified as what?

Back 115

Chordophones

Front 116

Name the sub-classification to which all string instruments belong.

Back 116

Lutes

Front 117

arco means

Back 117

play with the bow drawn against the strings

Front 118

col legno means

Back 118

play with the wood of the bow

Front 119

con sordino means

Back 119

muting

Front 120

pizzicato means

Back 120

plucking strings

Front 121

sul ponticello means

Back 121

playing on bridge

Front 122

sul tasto means

Back 122

play on the fingerboard

Front 123

Name three major determinants of orchestral string instrument tone production.

Back 123

Bow speed, bow pressure, distance from bridge

Front 124

The sound post of an orchestral string instrument performs what two functions?

Back 124

Structural, allows vibrations to resonate through whole instrument

Front 125

Symbols for up bow and down bow

Back 125

Up bow = V down bow = bracket thingy

Front 126

There are numerous specific bow strokes for orchestral string instruments, but they all fall into 2 general categories. Name them.

Back 126

on string, off string

Front 127

What is pernambucco, where is it found, what is it used for?

Back 127

brazillian wood, used for bows

Front 128

almost all high quality string instruments have one piece maple tops. T or F

Back 128

False

Front 129

The body of a string instrument functions as an acoustic________________

Back 129

Amplifier

Front 130

NAME two types of harmonics that string instruments can play

Back 130

natural artificial

Front 131

The violin sounds as written t or f

Back 131

TRUE

Front 132

Name the four open strings of violin

Back 132

I=E II=A III=D IV=G

Front 133

The modern violin bow was created by francois tourte t or f

Back 133

True

Front 134

The viola sounds as written t or f

Back 134

TRue

Front 135

range of viola

Back 135

low c# on tenor to high c on treble

Front 136

viola is in what clef?

Back 136

Alto

Front 137

cello sounds as written t or f

Back 137

True

Front 138

Name the open strings of cello

Back 138

I=A II=D III=G IV=C

Front 139

Unlike other orchestral string instruments, the cello is a descendant of the viol family t or f

Back 139

False

Front 140

The double bass sounds as written t or f

Back 140

False

Front 141

the most common bass size is

Back 141

3/4

Front 142

written range of double bass

Back 142

low e on bass clef to G on bass clef

Front 143

The guitar sounds an octave higher than written t or f

Back 143

False

Front 144

Guitar range

Back 144

e below staff to b 2 octaves above staff

Front 145

What does a guitarists foot stool do?

Back 145

Aligns hands for ergonomic purposes and visual purposes.

Front 146

Order of grand part writing

Back 146

woodwinds, brass, percussion, strings

Front 147

order of percussion

Back 147

harp, timp, cc, sd, bd