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Take a 25 question quiz to test and certify your knowledge of the tutorial-video course
Orchestration 102 - The Wind Section.
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1
Niente articulation:
is easily balanced between all wind instruments.
requires a tongueless attack.
is achieved most successfully on oboes and flutes in their lower register.
is achieved most successfully on clarinets and flutes in their lower register.
2
The piccolo:
is a second-level auxiliary.
is owned by most professional flute players.
has the same exact written range as the standard flute.
is pitched two octaves above the alto flute.
3
The clarinet can actually:
play higher than the flute.
play higher than the oboe.
play lower than the bassoon.
play higher than the piccolo.
4
The basic building-block of the orchestra is the:
percussion section.
brass section.
string section.
wind section.
5
The dynamic arc of the winds is:
halfway between the strings and the brass.
capable of the incredible overall control of the strings at very low volume.
able to match the intensity of the brass in projection and sheer power.
6
How much more is there to learn after this course?
Nothing more.
A little more.
Quite a bit.
7
If an instrument is tuned to B-flat:
when it reads a B-flat, it will play a C.
when it reads a C, it will play a D.
when it reads a B-flat, it will play a B-flat.
when it reads a C, it will play a B-flat.
8
The following instruments use vibrato as their standard approach:
flutes, oboes, and bassoons most of the time.
flutes, oboes. clarinets, and bassoons.
flutes and oboes.
oboes. clarinets, and bassoons.
9
Dynamic inflections are managed by changes in the rate of airflow. True or false?
False
True
10
The standard seating for winds, clockwise from the nearer left of the conductor:
clarinets, flutes, bassoons, oboes.
flutes, clarinets, bassoons, oboes.
flutes, oboes, bassoons, clarinets.
oboes, clarinets, bassoons, flutes.
11
Some wind instruments require transposition because:
their instruments' registers are essentially homogeneous.
their players can't read in C.
their players may play all models in a family with the same fingering applying to the same staff positions.
12
The immediate predecessor to the oboe is called:
the hautbois.
the recorder.
the dulcian.
the shawm.
13
The oboe has:
one of the narrowest ideally functional ranges of the entire wind section.
a family whose instrumental ranges cover two octaves in difference.
easy-to-play extreme high notes.
the same exact strengths of register as the English horn.
14
What is legato?
the same exact definition as "phrasing."
playing in a "singing" style.
slurring a group of notes together.
The essence of playing seamlessly through a series of notes.
15
The most difficult trills and tremolos are those that involve:
throat tones.
overblowing.
trill keys.
extension keys and changes of register.
16
Supported exhalation combines the following muscle groups:
the abdominals, the internal and external intercostals, and the diaphragm.
the abdominals and the internal and external intercostals.
the abdominals and the diaphragm.
the abdominals, the external intercostals, and the diaphragm.
17
What is Thomas Goss's definition of orchestration?
Arranging for the orchestra.
Managing voices.
Bringing together different elements into one cohesive structure.
Composing a score with different instruments in it.
18
The standard clarinet voicing position resembles the vowel sound:
"ah."
"ee."
"oh."
"er" or the German "oe."
19
The clarinet:
is an instrument whose fundamental tones vibrate as a half consonance.
is a typical example of "open pipe" construction.
overblows the 4th partial in the clarino register.
behaves like a closed pipe because of its conical bore.
20
"à 2" means:
"with two players on separate voices."
"divisi."
"with two players on a single voice."
"with the second player on."
21
A cylindrical bore is combined with a parabolic curve in the design of the:
saxophone.
clarinet.
oboe and bassoon.
flute.
22
The best part of an oboe range is in its:
bottom half-octave.
chalumeau register.
middle register.
high register.
23
Fork fingering is accomplished by:
closing tone-holes below an open hole to raise the pitch by a half-step.
cracking a tone-hole to lower the pitch by a half-step.
cracking a tone-hole to raise the pitch by a half-step.
closing tone-holes below an open hole to drop the pitch by a half-step.
24
Which effect does NOT require alternate fingerings?
Multiphonics.
Trills.
Harmonics.
Key clicking.
25
The bassoon:
can play a low B-flat when the A extension is inserted.
has many commonly-used auxiliaries, such as the tenoroon and sarrusophone.
has a range of three-and-a-half octaves.
is the lowest standard member of the oboe family.
Orchestration 102
The Wind Section
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