The Wonders of the Wonderful Orchestra Quiz

Answer: oboe

Although the oboe has single reed mouthpieces available, the oboe is mainly a double reeded instrument. The French horn is a brass instrument, so it doesn't have reeds. The clarinet is single reeded. And although the flute is a woodwind, it doesn't have a reed either.

Answer: French horn

The bassoon, cello, and oboe are all concert pitch. However, the French horn is in they key of F.

Answer: bass clef

F clef is known as bass clef because it is used by the lower instruments like tuba, string bass, and others.

Answer: False

There are other clefs including, but not limited to, tenor and alto clefs.

Answer: bass clarinet

Bassoon, tuba, and trombone music is mostly written in bass clef. The bass clarinet, however, has music written mostly in treble clef.

Answer: cello

While bass is closest to tuba and violin or viola is closer to instruments such as the oboe, English horn, or clarinet; the cello is much closer in note notation to the trombone or of course, the bassoon.

Answer: forte

Melodic, natural, and harmonic are all terms used to tell what notes will be used in the minor scale. Forte is a term used to tell how loud the music should be played.

Answer: C

Since both instruments are concert pitch, their C's would sound the same.

Answer: True

The contrabassoon is a very large version of a bassoon. It has essentially the same reed, same notation, same fingerings, and same tone (except it is one octave lower).

Answer: G flat and F sharp

Since G flat and F sharp are the same note with a different name, they would sound the same. However, they would be written differently.