The cards Question What is an orchestra? Tap to flip Answer A large ensemble traditionally used in classical music and film music. Question What is an ensemble? Tap to flip Answer A group of musicians performing together, e.g. a choir, band or orchestra. Question How many families of instruments make up the orchestra? Tap to flip Answer Four. Question How do string instruments produce a sound? Tap to flip Answer With bowed or plucked strings. Question What are the four main instruments of the string family? Tap to flip Answer Violin, viola, cello and double bass. Question How do woodwind instruments produce their sound? Tap to flip Answer They use air. Question What are the five main instruments of the woodwind family? Tap to flip Answer Flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and saxophone. Question Which woodwind instrument is not used often in the orchestra? Tap to flip Answer The saxophone. Question Which two woodwind instruments are now made of metal? Tap to flip Answer The flute and the saxophone. Question What is a stave? Tap to flip Answer A set of five lines used to show different notes. Question How long does a dotted crotchet last? Tap to flip Answer One and a half beats. Question What does legato mean? Tap to flip Answer Moving smoothly between notes. Question How long is each phrase in the Going Home melody? Tap to flip Answer 4 bars. Question Which rhythm does the Going Home melody use frequently? Tap to flip Answer The dotted crotchet. Question How do brass instruments produce sound? Tap to flip Answer By buzzing air through the instrument. Question What are the four main instruments of the brass family? Tap to flip Answer Trumpet, French horn, trombone and tuba. Question In the brass family, what happens to pitch as the instruments get bigger? Tap to flip Answer The pitch gets lower. Question What is an instrument's range? Tap to flip Answer How high and low it can play. Question What is a fanfare? Tap to flip Answer A short, triumphant-sounding musical idea, often played by brass instruments. Question Which notes does the F position on the keyboard use? Tap to flip Answer F, G, A, B and C, with the thumb resting on F. Question Where is F on the keyboard? Tap to flip Answer To the left of the three black keys. Question How do percussion instruments make their sound? Tap to flip Answer They are hit or shaken. Question Which orchestral family has the most varied instruments? Tap to flip Answer The percussion family. Question What is the difference between tuned and untuned percussion? Tap to flip Answer Tuned instruments play pitched sounds; untuned ones play sounds without clear pitch. Question Are timpani tuned or untuned percussion? Tap to flip Answer Tuned: they are tuned to specific pitches. Question What is an ABA structure? Tap to flip Answer Three sections where the first and last are the same and the middle is different. Question What is the pulse? Tap to flip Answer The steady underlying beat. Question What is an accompaniment? Tap to flip Answer A part in the music that supports the melody. Question What is an octave? Tap to flip Answer An interval of 8 notes, e.g. a C and the next highest C. Question How long does a semibreve last? Tap to flip Answer 4 beats. Question Which hand plays the Going Home accompaniment, and how does it relate to the melody? Tap to flip Answer The left hand, an octave lower than the melody. Question What does performing with fluency mean? Tap to flip Answer Pitches and rhythms are played correctly and in time to a pulse. Question Give one way to add musical expression to a performance. Tap to flip Answer E.g. changing dynamics, playing legato, or stressing the first beat of the bar. Question In Going Home, which position does the left hand stay in while the right hand moves to F? Tap to flip Answer The C position. Where this deck sits in the curriculum Curriculum National Curriculum for England Stage Key stage 3 (Years 7–9) Course KS3 Music Unit Orchestral melodies England's National Curriculum sets what is taught; the units and their order are Oak National Academy's. Flash Feed is not affiliated with Oak or any exam board.
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