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Orchestration 102 - The Wind Section.
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1
The standard seating for winds, clockwise from the nearer left of the conductor:
flutes, clarinets, bassoons, oboes.
flutes, oboes, bassoons, clarinets.
oboes, clarinets, bassoons, flutes.
clarinets, flutes, bassoons, oboes.
2
Which of the following statement is true?
The bass clarinet has the exact same lower written range as the B-flat standard clarinet.
The bass clarinet can stabilise the horns and anchor the wind section.
The bass clarinet can now reach all the way down to written low B-flat.
The bass clarinet is a widely-used second-level auxiliary.
3
Which effect does NOT require alternate fingerings?
Multiphonics.
Key clicking.
Harmonics.
Trills.
4
Tonguing the syllables "duh" and "the" result in:
fortepiano accents.
staccato.
portato.
marcato.
5
The following instruments use vibrato as their standard approach:
flutes, oboes, and bassoons most of the time.
flutes, oboes. clarinets, and bassoons.
oboes. clarinets, and bassoons.
flutes and oboes.
6
How many scores should an orchestral composer read?
A few to get started, then no more are needed.
Just the ones in these courses.
Hundreds over the course of a lifetime.
Thousands over the course of a lifetime.
7
A cylindrical bore is combined with a parabolic curve in the design of the:
oboe and bassoon.
saxophone.
flute.
clarinet.
8
The best part of an oboe range is in its:
bottom half-octave.
high register.
middle register.
chalumeau register.
9
The bassoon:
has many commonly-used auxiliaries, such as the tenoroon and sarrusophone.
is the lowest standard member of the oboe family.
can play a low B-flat when the A extension is inserted.
has a range of three-and-a-half octaves.
10
Fork fingering is accomplished by:
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.
closing tone-holes below an open hole to raise the pitch by a half-step.
11
Some wind instruments require transposition because:
their players may play all models in a family with the same fingering applying to the same staff positions.
their players can't read in C.
their instruments' registers are essentially homogeneous.
12
The immediate predecessor to the oboe is called:
the dulcian.
the recorder.
the hautbois.
the shawm.
13
What is legato?
The essence of playing seamlessly through a series of notes.
the same exact definition as "phrasing."
slurring a group of notes together.
playing in a "singing" style.
14
How much more is there to learn after this course?
Quite a bit.
A little more.
Nothing more.
15
The oboe has:
a family whose instrumental ranges cover two octaves in difference.
one of the narrowest ideally functional ranges of the entire wind section.
the same exact strengths of register as the English horn.
easy-to-play extreme high notes.
16
The clarinet can actually:
play lower than the bassoon.
play higher than the oboe.
play higher than the flute.
play higher than the piccolo.
17
"à 2" means:
"with two players on separate voices."
"with the second player on."
"with two players on a single voice."
"divisi."
18
What is Thomas Goss's definition of orchestration?
Arranging for the orchestra.
Composing a score with different instruments in it.
Managing voices.
Bringing together different elements into one cohesive structure.
19
The most difficult trills and tremolos are those that involve:
extension keys and changes of register.
throat tones.
overblowing.
trill keys.
20
The clarinet:
is a typical example of "open pipe" construction.
is an instrument whose fundamental tones vibrate as a half consonance.
behaves like a closed pipe because of its conical bore.
overblows the 4th partial in the clarino register.
21
The standard clarinet voicing position resembles the vowel sound:
"ee."
"oh."
"er" or the German "oe."
"ah."
22
Supported exhalation combines the following muscle groups:
the abdominals, the internal and external intercostals, and the diaphragm.
the abdominals, the external intercostals, and the diaphragm.
the abdominals and the diaphragm.
the abdominals and the internal and external intercostals.
23
Dynamic inflections are managed by changes in the rate of airflow. True or false?
False
True
24
If an instrument is tuned to B-flat:
when it reads a C, it will play a B-flat.
when it reads a B-flat, it will play a B-flat.
when it reads a B-flat, it will play a C.
when it reads a C, it will play a D.
25
The basic building-block of the orchestra is the:
brass section.
percussion section.
string section.
wind section.
Orchestration 102
The Wind Section
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