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Orchestration 101 - The String Section.
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1
The structural feature of string instruments that elevates the strings slightly above the level of the fingerboard is called:
The scroll.
The nut.
The bridge.
The tailpiece.
2
The old school seating arrangement placed the second violins:
Between the cellos and violas.
To the left of the conductor.
To the right of the conductor.
3
The beauty of seating the cellos to the right of the conductor is that:
It keeps the sound of the higher strings spread out across the stage.
It makes the violas sound louder when their section is under-powered.
It concentrates most of the lower-pitched instruments in one corner.
4
The bow is strung with:
A couple dozen strands of horsehair.
A couple thousand strands of horsehair.
A couple hundred strands of horsehair.
5
Double basses can play lower notes that low E by the use of a:
D extension.
C extension.
B extension.
6
The bass guitar has the same tuning as:
The double bass.
The viola.
The cello.
7
The bottom note of a viola is:
C below Middle C.
C above Middle C.
Middle C.
8
Every member of the violin family has strings tuned:
In fourths and fifths.
In fourths.
In fifths.
9
Which part of a string instrument is purely decorative?
The lobes.
The points.
The scroll.
The chinrest.
10
The cello has the same tuning as:
The violin, but an octave lower.
The double bass, but an octave higher.
The viola, but an octave lower.
11
A sensible upper limit for orchestral scoring of the cello is:
The second A above Middle C.
Written E above the treble staff.
The third A above Middle C.
12
The total number of violins comprise:
About 40% of the string section.
About 25% of the strings section.
About 50% of the string section.
13
The correct order for string instruments in an orchestral score, from top to bottom, is:
Violin I, Viola, Violin II, Cello, Double Bass
Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Double Bass, Cello
Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello, Double Bass
Violin I, Violin II, Cello, Viola, Double Bass
14
An easy way to remember string numbers is to:
Start at 18 first violins, and count backwards by threes.
Start at 16 first violins, and count backwards by twos.
Start at the number 60, and divide the sections evenly by five.
15
In order to maintain tension on the horsehair, the bowstick must have:
A slight outward curve.
A slight inward curve.
A perfectly straight line.
16
These lobes are divided by a narrow waist, which:
Helps to spread the strings slightly and transmit their vibration down to the sounding board.
Allows greater freedom of motion for bowing the top and bottom strings.
Allows the sound to escape.
17
The main structural feature of the violin family's evolution from the older family of viols is that:
The newer instrument bodies are more accurate in size for the length of strings.
The newer instrument bodies are shallower, favoring the resonance of higher overtones.
18
The first five finger positions on violin and viola cover:
A little over an octave.
A little over two octaves.
A little under an octave.
19
A 16-member first violin section consists of:
Four desks.
Eight desks.
Six desks.
20
The double bass is a member of the violin family.
True.
False.
21
The most comfortable key signatures for string instruments lie:
To the top and to the right of the circle of 5ths.
To the top and to the left of the circle of 5ths.
To the left of the circle of 5ths.
To the bottom and to the right of the circle of 5ths.
22
Double bass notes are played:
At the pitch at which they're written.
An octave lower than written.
An octave higher than written.
Orchestration 101
The String Section
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