Orchestral String Instruments

Question 1

Which of the following string instruments plays the highest?

Accepted Answer

Violin

Question 2

What is the name of the part pictured here?

Accepted Answer

Fingerboard

Question 3

Which of the following stringed instruments is the oldest in origin?

Accepted Answer

Harp

Question 4

Who is probably the most famous living cellist?

Accepted Answer

Yo-Yo Ma

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT one of the genres common to the double bass?

Accepted Answer

Rock and Roll

Question 6

What clef does the viola use when reading music?

Accepted Answer

Alto Clef

Question 7

Which of the following instruments had origins in Europe, Africa, and Asia?

Accepted Answer

Guitar, Harp

Question 8

What is the name for the bending of pitches up and down?

Accepted Answer

Vibrato

Question 9

What is the name of the object pictured here?

Accepted Answer

Bow

Question 10

What is the official name for plucking the strings?

Accepted Answer

Pizzicato

Question 11

What are the two materials to make the strings of the harp?

Accepted Answer

Steel and Gut

Question 12

What is the name of the wooden piece that holds up the strings? (Pictured here)

Accepted Answer

Bridge

Question 13

Which of the following is another name for the violin?

Accepted Answer

Fiddle

Question 14

What are the classical stringed instruments made out of?

Accepted Answer

Wood and steel

Question 15

Which of the stringed instruments is the lowest?

Accepted Answer

Double Bass

Question 16

What is the curved portion at the top of the string instrument called? (Pictured here)

Accepted Answer

Scroll

Question 17

Which of the following stringed instruments play classical music almost exclusively?

Accepted Answer

Cello, Viola

Question 18

What century did most of the classical strings originate (violin, viola, cello, double bass)?

Accepted Answer

17th Century

Question 19

What is one of the primary ways to play string instruments?

Accepted Answer

With your fingers, With a bow

Questions 19