FA Chapter 4-6

Where does the musician blow to play the clarinet?

• reed

• mouthpiece

• ligature

• barrel

What French word does oboe come from? What does the word translate to?

• haut, meaning metal

• baguette, meaning high wood

• vient, meaning metal

• hautbois, meaning high wood

hat are some examples of musical instruments and their corresponding animals from Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf?

Duck

• clarinet

• bassoon

• oboe

What instruments of our ancestors are most similar to woodwind instruments?

• shells

• carved rocks

• rolls of cardboard

What are the two types of brass mouthpieces based on their shapes called?

• mouthpieces are either cup-shaped or round shaped

• mouthpieces are either cup-shaped or funnel shaped

• mouthpieces are either round-shaped or oval shaped

• mouthpieces are either round-shaped or funnel shaped

omplete the sentence: Trombones sound ____________ than trumpets but ___________ than tubas.

• lower, higher

• higher, lower

• they sound the same

How many French Horns are in an orchestra?

• Normally there are three French Horns in an orchestra, but occasionally there are eight.

• Normally there are four French Horns in an orchestra, but occasionally there are six.

• Normally there are four French Horns in an orchestra, but occasionally there are eight.

• Normally there are three French Horns in an orchestra, but occasionally there are six.

What instrument made Handel cry, “What the devil is that?”

• The serpent was an ancestor of the tumpet, and looked like its name.

• The serpent was an ancestor of the brass family, and looked like its name.

• The serpent was an ancestor of the trombone, and looked like its name.

• The serpent was an ancestor of the horn, and looked like its name.

What two instruments together can sound quite scary, and were used in war to encourage the soldiers and frighten the enemy?

• flute and the drums

• trumpet and drums

• french horns and drums

• piano and drums

Complete the sentence: When hitting the timpani, the __________ you strike to the edge, the clearer the pitch.

• same

• farther

• closer