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Orchestra Final
10th Grade Final
Question | Answer |
---|---|
forte | loud |
piano | soft |
crescendo | gradually get louder |
decrescendo | gradually get softer |
ritardando | gradually get slower |
diminuendo | gradually get softer |
mp | medium soft |
martele | hammered stroke |
staccato | space between bowing |
spiccato | bouncing bow |
allegro | fast |
presto | fastest |
largo | broad and slow |
enharmonic | notes that sound the same but are written differently |
chromatic scale | scale composed of only half steps |
detache | detached, space between notes |
cantabile | songlike |
andante | walking tempo |
fp | loud then quickly get soft |
ponticello | play near bridge |
sul tasto | play near fingerboard |
syncopation | shift the rhythm of a pattern to where it’s not normally accented, accent weak beat |
morendo | dying away |
col legno | using the wood of the bow |
adagio | slow |
subito | suddenly |
con moto | with motion |
trill | music note made from rapid alteration |
con sordino | with mute on |
tie vs. slur | tie = same note slur = different notes |
sfz | accents above the note |
order of the style periods | Renaissance Baroque Classical Romantic Modern (RBCRoM) |
time period of Baroque | 1600 - 1750 |
famous player in Baroque | Bach |
famous player in Classical | Mozart and Beethoven |
famous player in Romantic | Mahler |
which period did Bach die in? | Baroque |
which period did Columbus travel in? | Renaissance |
which period was the Declaration of Independence written in? | Classical |
who developed the new bow? | Tourte |
who did the first crescendo? | Mannheim |
where did the most of the money come from in the Baroque period? | church |
which is loudest: p, pp, or mp? | mp |
what does the circle of fifths represent? | chart of all the keys, shows how all the keys relate to each other |
what country is Aaron Copland from? | America |
what is it called when all the players come back together after divisi? | tutti |
who wrote Canon in D? | Johann Pachelbel |
which of the following is not a Baroque composer? | Beethoven |
how many sharps are in the E major? | 4 |
how many sharps are in the G major? | 2 |
order of the sharps | FCGDAEB opposite of beadgcf fat cats go down alleys eating birds |
order of the flats | BEADGCF |
how to tell what key you are in? | sharps: go to the last sharp, then go up a half-step ex: if there are 6 sharps: E♯ ➝ F sharp major flats: go to the last flat, then go back one Ex: if there are 4 flats: D♭ ➝ A♭major |
to find out how many sharps are in a specific scale | c is the first one with 0 sharps g has 1 and then continue with the backwards beadgcf order |
to find out how many flats are in a specific scale | c is the first one with 0 flats f has 1 and then continue following beadgcf order |