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Instrumentation Final Exam
Don Black
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Music
Undergraduate 3
12/05/2008

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Term
Harp Pedals (Lef foot and Right foot)
Definition

Left foot: D C B

Right foot: EFGA

Term
3 positions of harp pedals and consequential happenings
Definition

High: Strings are total length, scale is Cb and neither peg is touching strings

 

Middle: 1 peg touches, raises scale a half step to C natural 

 

Low: both pegs touch, raises scale another half step to C#

Term
Old notation of drums
Definition
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modern notation of percussion
Definition
Term
Notate that you want the note to be hit on a triangle (perc.)!
Definition
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Notate that you want the note to be hit with a hard mallet on the edge!
Definition
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Notate that you want the note to be hit with a soft mallet in the center!
Definition
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Term
what does modern notation of a snare and bass drum look like?
Definition
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Term
how do you notate three tunable toms?
Definition
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Term
It. Timpani
Definition
Timpani
Term
Fr. Timpani
Definition
Timbales
Term

 Ger. Timpani

Definition
Pauken
Term
It. Percussion
Definition
Percussione (or Batteria)
Term
Fr. Percussion
Definition
Batterie
Term
Ger. Percussion
Definition
Schlagzeug
Term

What is a Lignophone?

Give 2 examples

Definition

A wooden perc instrument

ex. xylophone

marimba

Term

What is a membranophone

give two examples

Definition

a "skin" perc instrument

ex. timpani

roto-toms

Term

What is a metallophone?

give three examples

Definition

metal perc

 

some common answers:

cymbals

cow bell

sleigh bells

vibraphone

 

Term
name 3 examples of a Metallophone of definite pitch
Definition

any three of these ex. will work:

orchetra bells (glockenspiel)

chimes (tubular bells)

vibraphone

critales (ancient cymbals)

musical saw

flexatone

aimglocken

Term
name 3 examples of a Metallophone of indefinite pitch
Definition

any 3 of the following (or others not listed..) is greeeeaaat:

cymbals

finger cymbals

triangle

cow bell

sleigh bells

thunder machine

wind machine

 

Term
name 2 examples of a Lignophone of definite pitch
Definition
Term
name 3 examples of a Lignophone of indefinite pitch
Definition

castanets

wood blocks

wind chimes

whip

ratchet

claves 

guiro

Term
name 2 examples of a Membranophone of definite pitch
Definition

timpani

roto-toms

Term
name 3 examples of a Membranophone of indefinite pitch
Definition

snare

field drum

tabor

tambourine

toms

bongos

congas

Term
Two most common sizes of Timpani and their ranges
Definition

28-29": (bass clef) F below staff to C second space

25-26": (bass clef) Bb (second line) to F (fourth line)

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