QoD 06/04/08 Double Play Wed. Game 2 "Music Vocabulary

[mrkelley23]

1. What musical instrument’s full name combines the Italian dynamic instructions for “soft” and “loud?” pianoforte

2. What male vocal part is featured in singing groups such as Chanticleer, in modern opera roles such as the title role in Philip Glass’s Akhnaten, and in classical opera to replace parts originally written for castrati? Be specific! contratenor or countertenor

3. I am a fine musical instrument made of acacia koa wood. I have four strings, although some others like me may have 6 or 8 strings. I am descended from a Portugese instrument called the cavaquinho, and today I am mostly associated with island music. My name has a total of 7 letters, but only 4 different letters are used to form my name. What am I? ukulele

4. What instrument, popularized by the Blue Man Group, is made of PVC pipes, played with percussion sticks, but makes use of sliding tubes to create different resonant tones, and can therefore be used as a melodic instrument as well? drumbone

5. What is the term for a control on a pipe organ which allows the player to selectively send pressurized air, or wind, to individual pipes, thereby turning them “on” or “off?”stop

Pts:

Melly 20
Megaaddict 30
T-Bone 40
Tan 30 real pts
JBG 40
Christie 20
LFHP 50 fake pts
hfjai 20
etaoin 40
jarnon 10
KT 40
mcd 40
catfish 30
tgirl 30
fanny 40
Bob#s 20
Cal 40
AnnieC 50
Nelly 20