Listening to Orchestral Music — Quiz
1.
How many families of instruments are in a symphony orchestra?
2.
Which instrument is highest in pitch in the string family?
3.
How do brass instruments produce sound?
4.
In Prokofiev's 'Peter and the Wolf,' which instrument represents the duck?
5.
What dös 'pizzicato' mean in orchestral music?
6.
Describe how a woodwind instrument that uses a reed produces sound.
7.
Name one orchestral piece specifically designed to help listeners identify instruments, and describe how it dös this.