Timbre, Instrumentation, and Texture Review Quiz

Instrumentation is...

• The number of instruments being used to play the music

• The type of instruments being used to play the music

• The flow of the instruments during the performance

• The number and type of instruments being used to play the music

There are basically _____ types of instruments in the Western Symphonic Orchestra

Check the boxes of the main instrument types of the Western Symphony Orchestra

• Brass

• Strings

• Woodwinds

• Winds

• Percussion

Another common way to refer to the basic types of instruments in the orchestra is to call them...

• groups

• classes

• sections

• teams

What is timbre?

• The vibe or feel of the music and musicians

• The characteristic quality(ies) of the sound source

• The scientific reason for music

• The trees of the forest

Check all of the true statements

• The frequency of the sound does not change regardless of the instrument timbre

• The sound of music is our perception of vibrations in the air.

• Instruments cause the air around us to vibrate in different ways.

• The scientific reasons for timbre are mainly based on the conditions in the environment of the performance, like the air quality.

• Instruments have different timbres because they produce sound waves that have different amplitudes.

Wind instruments make their sounds by

• striking an object to set it into vibration

• causing a string to vibrate

• blowing air over, through or into a device to create vibration

• by manipulating a virtual controller

String instruments make their sounds by

• striking an object to set it into vibration

• causing a string to vibrate

• blowing air over, through or into a device to create vibration

• by manipulating a virtual controller

Brass instruments make their sounds by

• striking an object to set it into vibration

• causing a string to vibrate

• blowing air over, through or into a device to create vibration

• by manipulating a virtual controller

Percussion instruments make their sounds by

• striking an object to set it into vibration

• causing a string to vibrate

• blowing air over, through or into a device to create vibration

• by manipulating a virtual controller