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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 |