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 (a)   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