Instruments of the Orchestra (Doc's Fine Arts)
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- Q 1/40Score 0The Heart of the orchestra29String Section
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- Q1The Heart of the orchestraString Section30s
- Q2The timpani is this (pitched or non pitched)Pitched Percussion30s
- Q3When a string player plucks the stringsPizzicato30s
- Q4Order of vocal ranges from highest to lowestSoprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass30s
- Q5Derived from the word, arpeggio, which means "broken chord."Harp30s
- Q6The sousaphone is the marching band adaptation of this instrumentTuba30s
- Q7predecessor of the pianoHarpsichord30s
- Q8symphonic bands differ from symphony orchestras because they lack thisstring section30s
- Q9family of instruments that has the largest number of different instrumentsPercussion30s
- Q10Percussion instruments create sound by doing thisstriking or shaking30s
- Q11This instrument is NOT a standard instrument in the orchestraSaxophone30s
- Q12Family of instruments that create sound by vibrating lipsBrass30s
- Q13These woodwind instruments do not use a reed to create soundFlute and piccolo30s
- Q14The harp dates back to pre-Christian times and was used for this purposeReligious30s
- Q15The glockenspiel is pitched or un-pitchedPitched30s
