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Music quiz questions about instruments. Music born of electricity What musical instrument can replace an entire orchestra

05.03.2020

Answers to the crossword AiF 38 2017 (09/20/2017)

Horizontally:

Fairy blond. The answer has 10 letters: SNOW WHITE
Anniversary feast. The answer has 6 letters: BANQUET
Who replaced Leon Trotsky as People's Commissar for Defense? The answer has 6 letters: FRUNZE
“Tambov wolf to you…!” (from the film "Ivan Vasilyevich Changes Profession"). The answer has 6 letters: BOYARIN
Who discovered ultraviolet rays? The answer has 6 letters: RITTER
“There is elderberry in the garden, but in Kyiv…”. The answer has 6 letters: UNCLE
What does Joe play from the movie Only Girls in Jazz? The answer has 8 letters: SAXOPHONE
What branch of agriculture does the hero of our film comedy "The Pig and the Shepherd" work for? The answer has 11 letters: SHEEP BREEDING
Goods at a gas station. The answer has 6 letters: PETROL
What musical instrument can replace an entire orchestra? The answer has 5 letters: ORGAN
"Pip you on ...!". The answer has 4 letters: LANGUAGE
Which of the Russian revolutionaries became the father-in-law of Joseph Stalin? The answer has 8 letters: ALLILUEV
The palace where the cloak and sword of the Prophet Muhammad are kept. The answer has 7 letters: TOPKAPI
"Herbal assortment" from the pharmacy. The answer has 4 letters: COLLECTION
Show in the sky. The answer has 5 letters: SALUTE
Where did Helena Blavatsky put all the "souls of the dead"? The answer has 6 letters: ASTRAL
"Severe supervision" of "freedom of speech". The answer has 7 letters: CENSORSHIP
Entertainer at the hotel. The answer has 8 letters: ANIMATOR
What did Mikhail Bulgakov dream of devoting his life to from his youth? The answer has 9 letters: ACTING
"Each ... my soul heals the beast." The answer has 4 letters: VERSE
External ... states. The answer has 8 letters: POLITICS
"Alien ... does not know your pain." The answer has 4 letters: BODY
What did Delesov lose from the story "Albert" by Leo Tolstoy? The answer has 4 letters: VIST
chemical ingredient. The answer has 8 letters: SUBSTANCE
German tradesman. The answer has 6 letters: BURGER
"The authorities need to know in ...". The answer has 4 letters: FACE
"Sense organ" at the device. The answer has 6 letters: SENSOR
Military artist. The answer has 8 letters: BATALIST
The fourth of the jurors in the film "12" by Nikita Mikhalkov. The answer has 4 letters: GAFT

Vertically:

Where is the debit and credit reduced? The answer has 11 letters: ACCOUNTING
"Spreads suckers." The answer has 7 letters: SCAM
Sheer nonsense. The answer has 11 letters: THIS
fatigue limit. The answer has 11 letters: EXHAUSTION
Which of our magicians "saws off his own hand" in the movie "Thieves in Law"? The answer has 6 letters: HAKOBYAN
The most prestigious brand of wedding rings. The answer has 6 letters: CARTIER
Who stole the ambrosia from the Olympian gods? The answer has 6 letters: tantalum
"Paradise pleasure" for the businessman. The answer has 5 letters: INCOME
How does the world owe the Athenian Cleisthenes the attitude towards dissidents? The answer has 9 letters: OSTROKISM
Passion for the singer Alexander Marshal. The answer has 9 letters: AIRPORT
Seller's fault. The answer has 5 letters: FABRIC
A living symbol of Belarus. The answer has 4 letters: ZUBR
A verdict from heaven. The answer has 4 letters: KARA
"Revealed...". The answer has 4 letters: PLUTO
Matinee with Santa Claus and Snow Maiden. The answer has 4 letters: YOLKA
It is about him that the Frenchman Gustave Flaubert jokingly writes in his book: firstly, he did not exist, and secondly, he is famous for his laughter! The answer has 5 letters: HOMER
Red deer from North America. The answer has 6 letters: WAPITI
Which marshal of France was married to Napoleon's sister? The answer has 5 letters: MURAT
"The Razor of the Reaper". The answer has 4 letters: SERP
"Ripple of Music". The answer has 4 letters: RHYTHM
Country around Vientiane. The answer has 4 letters: LAOS
Rhythm "from under the hooves". The answer has 5 letters: ZOKOT
“I grab onto…, drink milkshakes.” The answer has 7 letters: DUMBELLS
From which city do they rule the country? The answer has 7 letters: CAPITAL
"Venetian lace" now. The answer has 5 letters: GUIPURE
"Sexual appetite" pills. The answer has 6 letters: VIAGRA
It is forbidden! The answer has 6 letters: PROHIBITION
“How can a woman remain attractive and not starve to death?!” (classic comedy). The answer has 5 letters: TUTSI
How does a fox cover his tracks? The answer has 5 letters: TAIL
The scent of dog life. The answer has 5 letters: PSINA
Which parrot from the cartoon speaks in the voice of Khazanov? The answer has 4 letters: KESH
"Road to the Heart" for blood. The answer has 4 letters: VIENNA
"We live to give... to each new day." The answer has 3 letters: FIGHT

MUSICAL AND INSTRUMENTAL QUIZ

(Quiz about musical instruments for music lessons and more)

♫ This weapon, according to historians, served our distant ancestors as a simple musical instrument. What is a hand weapon?
(Onion.)

♫ Playing on what golden instrument did golden-haired Apollo delight the ears of the Olympian gods?
(Golden cithara.)

♫ What plucked instrument did the storytellers of epics accompany their singing with?
(On the harp.)

♫ During the time of Alexei Mikhailovich, in order to eradicate paganism, a decree “On the fight against Slavism” was issued. What musical instrument was confiscated and burned according to this decree?
(Gusli.)

♫ What musical instrument is named after the legendary ancient Russian singer-storyteller?
(Bayan is one of the most perfect and widespread types of chromatic accordion. Named after Bayan, or Boyan.)

♫ The name of the epic singer Bayan, after whom the musical instrument is named, is sometimes written through "O" - Boyan. What is the name of the instrument?
(Always only through "A" - button accordion.)

♫ What ancient Russian stringed plucked musical instrument in the 16-17 centuries. used by buffoons?
(Domra.)

♫ The oldest musical instrument in the world was found in Russia. What is the name of this instrument and how old is it?
(The pipe, which is about 34 thousand years old.)

♫ Which of the musical instruments was longitudinal until the 18th century, and later became transverse?
(Flute.)

♫ Name the owner of the highest voice in a symphony orchestra.
(Transverse flute.)

♫ The name of which musical instrument, sung by Mozart, comes from the Latin word, translated into Russian, meaning "breath"?
(Flute.)

♫ Which Prussian king was a virtuoso in playing the flute and composing music?
(Frederick the Great. He wrote 121 sonatas, 4 flute concertos, several symphonies and arias for operas. Not a single concert in his time was complete without the performance of his works, and not a single ball without his performance.)

♫ With what musical instrument is Pan (the god of forests and fields) depicted in the painting of the same name by M.A. Vrubel?
(With a multi-barreled flute, which is called the “pan flute”.)

♫ Name the national poet of Belarus, the author of the collections "Zhaleyka" and "Guslyar".
(Yanka Kupala.)

♫ To what group of musical instruments does the zhaleyka belong?
(Winds.)

♫ Thanks to whom or what did the Russian turtle accordion get its name?
(To the city of Cherepovets, where they make it, and not to the turtle at all!)

♫ What "lonely" musical instrument "wanders on the street somewhere" in the song of the same name from the movie "It was in Penkovo"?
(Harmonic.)

♫ Name a musical instrument whose name comes from the word "chord"?
(Accordion. Other instruments suffer until the sounds of the chord are collected, and he has ready-made chords at his side - whatever you want. He pressed the button - a chord, another - another chord.)

♫ Who made the accordion?
(Skilled craftsman Demian in 1828 in Prague.)

♫ What in Russia in the old days was called "pit accordion"?
(“Yamskaya accordion” was called in the old days a trio of horses. Nowhere in the world, except for Russia, there was such a wonderful team - swift transport and a “musical instrument” at the same time. Every driver “played” on it in his own way. Each strap, each element of the harness decorated with a set of different bells, rattles and bells.The chime warned the stationmaster of the approach of the troika.Under the arc there could be from one to five Valdai bells, the sonorous voice of which was heard for several kilometers.The most expensive harnesses were embroidered with silver-plated bells.Therefore, each troika had its own inherent only to her, sounding.)

♫ Is the harmonium a keyboard or string instrument?
(Key.)

♫ Violino, violon, Geige are the Italian, French and German names for the same musical instrument. Write its name in Russian.
(Violin.)

♫ What is the name of the wooden rod used to tension the strings of a violin?
(Peg.)

♫ Does the viola or cello produce a lower sound?
(Cello.)

♫ Which bowed string instruments are named after beautiful flowers?
(Cello, viola. In Italians, viola is violet, pansies.)

♫ Are cymbals a keyboard or stringed musical instrument?
(String.)

♫ Which stringed bowed instrument is approximately two meters high?
(Double bass.)

♫ What part of the body of a stringed instrument serves to reflect and amplify the sound?
(Deca.)

♫ How many strings does the viola have?
(4.)

♫ What musical instrument can be concert, salon and cabinet?
(Piano.)

♫ What is a piano with horizontal strings called?
(Piano.)

♫ What did F. Liszt call the king of instruments?
(Piano. But not only him, because "piano" in French means "royal".)

♫ What keys does the piano have more: black or white?
(White.)

♫ What musical instrument, according to the title of the film directed by Grammatikov, did the dog follow?
(On the piano. “The dog was walking on the piano.”)

♫ What is the name of the foot lever in the car and musical instruments?
(Pedal.)

♫ How many pedals do most concert grand pianos have?
(Three.)

♫ The name of which musical instrument in Italian means "loud-quiet"?
(Piano.)

♫ When and by whom was the piano designed?
(In 1709 by the Italian Bortolomeo Cristofori. Initially, this instrument was called "harpsichord with a quiet and loud sound.")

♫ What instrument was Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata written for?
(Piano.)

♫ Name the forerunner of the piano.
(Harpsichord.)

♫ What kind of instrument is virginal?
(Harpsichord.)

♫ Does the piano or harpsichord have hammer action?
(Piano.)

♫ Is the piano's right or left pedal used to reduce the volume of the sound?
(Left.)

♫ Does a grand piano or piano have a vertical frame on which the strings are stretched?
(A piano has a horizontal frame.)

♫ For what instrument did Claude Debussy write the suite "Children's Corner"?
(Piano.)

♫ What musical instrument did Chopin, Liszt and Rachmaninoff play with virtuosity?
(Piano.)

♫ Pans have been known for a very long time, and now aluminum, steel, enameled and others are used. And in the 18th century, the so-called bourgeois pans appeared, which still exist, although no one calls them that anymore. So what were these pans and what could be cooked in them?
(This is how the piano was called in the 18th century. These instruments were distributed mainly among the bourgeoisie, and compared to their ancestor - the harpsichord - they made a loud and sharp sound, hence the name - “bourgeois saucepan.” And cook with the help of such a “pan” maybe music.)

♫ Cembalo is the Italian name for... What?
(Harpsichord.)

♫ Which Russian poet, who dreamed of becoming a composer, wrote in the poem "Improvisation": "I fed the flock with the key from my hand"?
(Boris Pasternak. He gave his outstanding talent to poetry. But his lines are melodious, like a cello, and harmonious, like an orchestra.)

♫ What percussion instrument is used to signal the start and end of a boxing round?
(Gong.)

♫ How many natural sounds can a bugle produce?
(Only five. Used for signal fanfare.)

♫ The name of which instrument comes from the Italian word for heavenly?
(The celesta is a percussion-keyboard musical instrument. It looks like a piano. And its sound is surprisingly clear and gentle, as if crystal bells are ringing. The magical music of the Nutcracker owes a lot to the celesta.)

♫ The celesta has the same keys as a piano, but instead of strings inside it ... So what?
(Metal plates. And sometimes these plates are glass. Hammers hit them, and the plates ring transparently and thinly.)

♫ In the 17th and 18th centuries, many pieces of music were intended for the clavier. What kind of tool is this?
(The harpsichord, clavichord, claviciterum - all of them were called the same in the 17-18 centuries: the clavier. Moreover, transcriptions of the opera score for singing under the piano were also abbreviated as the clavier. Although in fact it is the clavier.)

♫ Are Martenot waves a musical instrument or a physical device?
(A musical instrument - an electrophone - with a piano-type keyboard. It reproduces only monophonic melodies. Designed in the 1920s by M. Martenot. Used in a number of works by French composers.)

♫ This Belgian master created more than one wind instrument named after him. Name it.
(In 1846, Adolf Sax invented and patented the saxophone. But he did not want to stop there, but created a whole family of "Sax horns" - saxohorns. He probably foresaw that the saxophone would reign "only" on the stage, and saxohorns would enter the respectable wind orchestra.)

♫ What simple musical instrument has become the emblem of the post office?
(Horn.)

♫ What instrument is played with fingers, palms, elbows, sticks and even mallets?
(On the drum.)

♫ What is the most popular instrument on the Black Continent?
(Drum.)

♫ What musical instrument has recently replaced the Nigerian radio, telephone and telegraph?
(Drum. Until recently, Nigeria did not know writing. With the help of drums, Nigerians transmitted their messages over long distances. From the sea to the capital, the message reached in just a few hours.)

♫ In Guinea, boys are taught from an early age to play various musical instruments and especially its language. What is this language?
(Drum language.)

♫ In traditional boating competitions in China, each boat has 40 rowers, a helmsman and this huge musical instrument. Which?
(Drum, he sets the rhythm for the rowers.)

♫ Which percussion musical instrument is shaped like a cauldron: tambourine or timpani?
(Timpani.)

♫ What small wooden percussion instruments do Spanish dancers put on the fingers of both hands?
(Castanets.)

♫ Which percussion instrument is Spanish for "little chestnuts"?
(Castanets.)

♫ What natural material are the sounding sticks of the xylophone made of?
(From wood.)

♫ Which instrument is usually played standing up: the cello or the double bass?
(On double bass.)

♫ What musical instrument in "Woe from Wit" Griboedov awarded not very flattering synonyms - "hoarse" and "strangled"?
(Bassoon. But this is perhaps too strong a word. It’s just that the bassoon has a peculiar colorful timbre “with a hoarseness”, which perfectly complements the other sound colors of the orchestra.)

♫ What group of folk instruments do spoons belong to?
(Drums.)

♫ What is the lowest sounding brass instrument?
(Tuba.)

♫ One of the smallest and most common wind musical instruments was invented in 1821 by a 16-year-old Berliner Bushman. And what do we call it?
(A harmonica.)

♫ To which group of instruments do mouthpiece instruments belong?
(Winds.)

♫ What is the name of a musician who plays the fanfare: fanfaron or fanfarist?
(A fanfarist. And a fanfaron is a braggart.)

♫ The name of what mechanical musical instrument comes from the opening line of the German song "The Charming Katharine" - "Scharmante Katharine ..."?
(Street organ.)

♫ Which musical instrument does not have a keyboard: a hurdy-gurdy or a celesta?
(Street organ.)

♫ How many strings did Stradivari's violins have?
(Four.)

♫ What instruments make up a string trio in chamber music?
(Viola, violin, cello.)

♫ What fable will help you easily remember the composition of a string quartet?
(“Quartet” by I. Krylov. “They got notes, a bass, a viola, two violins ...”. The cello was then called the bass.)

♫ Name the string instrument of a symphony orchestra with the highest sounding range.
(Violin.)

♫ What is not needed when performing pizzicato (performed on the violin)?
(Bow.)

♫ What is the name of the resin used by violinists?
(Rosin.)

♫ Is rosin rubbed on a bow or violin strings?
(Bow.)

♫ Is the bow stick made of wood or metal?
(From wood.)

♫ Do wind or stringed instruments have a mute that is a kind of comb-clamp?
(For strings, put on a stand.)

♫ What is the largest group of instruments in a symphony orchestra?
(Strings.)

♫ Which group of instruments is closest to the conductor?
(Bowed.)

♫ What instruments did mosquitoes play in Sergei Kozlov's fairy tale "The Hedgehog in the Fog"?
(On violins.)

♫ What group of instruments were traditionally made in Cremona?
(Strings.)

♫ A memorial inscription on St. Dominic's Square in this city reads: "Here stood the house of Antonio Stradivari, who elevated the violin to the highest level of perfection." Name the city.
(Cremona.)

♫ Almost all Stradivari violins have received names. What is the name of the violin, which was purchased from the masters of the Stradivari house by order of Elizabeth Petrovna?
("Empress of Russia")

♫ In 1997, a group of sponsors pooled together and presented Vladimir Spivakov with this truly precious gift worth more than one million dollars. What is this gift?
(Stradivarius violin.)

♫ What surname unites the Italian violin makers Andrea, Girolamo and Nicolo?
(Amati.)

♫ The smallest violin in the world - pochetta - is only 35 centimeters long. Its name comes from the French pocheter, which means "to carry in your pocket." This violin in ancient times was always taken with a dance teacher to a lesson, so it has another name. Which?
("Dancemaster")

♫ Name the first musical instrument that Johann Sebastian Bach learned to play.
(Violin. Then the harpsichord, viola, organ obeyed him.)

♫ What musical instrument, besides the piano, did the physicist Einstein play?
(Violin. Having started studying at the age of six, he continued to play all his life, sometimes in an ensemble with other physicists.)

♫ What musical instrument did Sherlock Holmes like to play?
(On a violin.)

♫ What word is used to call both a string instrument similar to a violin, and a wind instrument related to a pipe, and a human voice - a low female or child's voice?
(Alto.)

♫ An orchestra of which stringed musical instruments is called Neapolitan?
(From mandolins, sometimes with guitars. The mandolin was invented in Italy, known since the 17th century. And the orchestras are called Neapolitan, since it was the Neapolitan mandolins that surpassed the Florentine, Padua and Genoese ones in their performance capabilities.)

♫ What is the name of the largest wind keyboard musical instrument?
(Organ.)

♫ Which keyboard/wind instrument has a keyboard for the feet?
(Organ.)

♫ What musical instrument can replace an entire orchestra?
(Organ.)

♫ What unique instrument from a church in suburban Manila is made from 959 bamboo pipes?
(Organ.)

♫ Where is the largest organ in Russia installed?
(The Tsar Organ was installed in the Svetlanov Hall of the Moscow International House of Music at the end of 2004. It consists of 84 registers, 4 manual and 1 pedal keyboard. Its height is 14 meters, width - 10 m, depth - 3.6 m. Weight - 30 tons Created by a consortium of German organ builders - the famous firms Klais and Glatter-Getz.)

♫ Which theater has the largest mechanical organ in the world?
(At the Sydney Opera House. It has 10,500 pipes.)

♫ What class of musical instruments does the trembita belong to?
(Aerophones.)

♫ What is the largest multi-stringed plucked instrument in a symphony orchestra?
(Harp.)

♫ How many strings does a harp have?
(46.)

♫ What bowed string instrument is played only while sitting?
(Cello.)

♫ What musical name did simple spring droshky have in pre-revolutionary Moscow?
(Guitar.)

♫ What musical instrument in Russia is called the "seven-string girlfriend"?
(Guitar.)

♫ Name the great-grandmother of the guitar.
(Ancient Greek cithara. It had from 7 to 12 strings.)

♫ How many decks does the body of the guitar have?
(Two.)

♫ What musical instrument do modern bards usually use?
(Guitar.)

♫ The most outdoor musical instrument is ... What?
(Guitar.)

♫ What is the lowest-pitched 4-string electric guitar called?
(Bas-guitar.)

♫ What is the reason why Paul McCartney's bass is never confused with most other basses?
(For left-handed Paul McCartney, the strings had to be re-strung to allow him to play chords with his left hand.)

♫ What is the Latin word for "intermediary" between a musician and an instrument?
(Plectrum is a thin plate with a pointed end. And the “Greek” plectrum is a thin plate bent into an open ring.)

♫ What kind of stringed instrument is Viktor Zinchuk masterfully mastering?
(Guitar.)

♫ What instrument was given to the floating stage at the Grushinsky Festival on the Volga?
(At this amateur song festival, the floating stage is traditionally shaped like a guitar.)

♫ The name of what Russian musical instrument comes from the Tatar word for "child"?
(This is “the most Russian musical instrument” - the balalaika, from “bala” - “child”. Related words are “pampering”, “balabolka”, “balakat”.)

♫ Which finger of the hand is not used when playing the balalaika?
(Big.)

♫ Thanks to what instruments did the musicians of the Great Russian Orchestra of Vasily Andreev receive the nickname “bellies” from their colleagues?
(Balalaikas. Hand movements when playing the balalaika resemble movements when scratching the stomach.)

♫ What is the name of the instrument of a symphony orchestra in the form of a large gong?
(Tamtam.)

♫ What group of musical instruments does the church bell belong to?
(Drums.)

♫ The sound of what non-traditional operatic instruments adorned the music of Rimsky-Korsakov's The Golden Cockerel?
(Bells.)

♫ What instrument was invented in 1920 by Russian physicist and musician Lev Sergeevich Termen?
(Theremin is the first domestic electric musical instrument. The pitch in it changes depending on the distance of the performer's right hand to one of the antennas, the volume - from the distance of the left hand to the other antenna.)

♫ What musical instrument is Louis Armstrong famous for playing?
(Pipe.)

♫ Which group of musical instruments has a mouthpiece?
(Winds.)

♫ What musical instrument is crossed out on a road sign prohibiting the sound signal?
(Horn.)

♫ What is the difference between an oriental tam-tam from a symphony orchestra and an African tam-tam?
(Eastern tam-tam is not a drum, but a metal gong.)

♫ What percussion instrument with mallet is used in rituals by Siberian shamans?
(Tambourine.)

♫ What is the name of a folk musical instrument, a kind of whistle flute, pipe?
A. Sopel. V. Nozzle.
B. Sopatka. G. Sopka.

♫ How did the epic Sadko drive the sea princess crazy?
A. Harfoy. V. Gusli.
B. Balalaika. G. echo sounder.

♫ What musical instrument does not belong to the attributes of a shepherd's life?
A. Svirel. V. Rozhok.
B. Dudka. G. Gorn.

♫ What is the name of a percussion self-sounding musical instrument: bells, in which the records are replaced by tubes?
A. Tubafon. V. Megafon.
B. Gramophone. G. Saxophone.

♫ Which of these musical instruments is related to the xylophone?
A. Saxophone. V. Vibraphone.
B. Horn. G. Clarinet.
(The vibraphone was invented by the American master Winterhof in 1923.)

♫ What musical instrument appeared as a result of the improvement of the hunting horn?
A. Horn. V. Oboe.
B. Trombone. G. Gorn.

♫ What was the name of the short musician from the Flower City?
A. Rozhok. V. Guslya.
B. Dudka. G. Altik.

♫ What modern musical instrument has seven pedals?
A. Cello. V. Harpsichord.
B. harp. G. Piano.

♫ Which of these musical instruments is self-sounding?
A. Tambourine. V. Tamtam.
B. Timpani. G. Buben.

♫ The sound of what instrument is imitated in Franz Liszt's piano piece "Campanella"?
A. Castagnet. V. Kolokolchikov.
B. Harps. G. Horn.

♫ What Russian musical instrument can be table-shaped?
A. Buben. V. Gusli.
B. Harmonica. G. Dudka.

♫ What is the name of the squeaker of two reed records in the oboe, clarinet, zurne and other woodwind musical instruments?
A. Staff. B. Cane.
B. Wand. G. Crutch.

♫ The Greek name for which geometric curve gave the name to the wind musical instrument helikon?
A. Parabola. W. Ellipse.
B. Spiral b. G. Sinusoid.
(Greek helix - spiral.)

♫ What is the most important instrument for a piano tuner?
A. Tonometer. V. Tuning fork.
B. Baritone. G. Krypton.

♫ What musical instrument can be seen in Alyosha Popovich's painting by V.M. Vasnetsov "Bogatyrs"
A. Bayan. V. Gusli.
B. Balalaika. G. Guitar.

♫ What musical instrument is missing in the title of Eldar Ryazanov's film "Forgotten Melody for..."?
A. Harp. V. Flute.
B. Harpsichord. G. Clarinet.
("Forgotten Melody for Flute")

♫ What musical instrument is depicted on the coat of arms of Ireland?
A. Bagpipe. V. Flute.
B. Harp. G. Lute.

♫ Which fingers are NOT played on the harp?
A. Large. B. Index.
B. Nameless. G. Little fingers.

♫ What musical instrument is almost exclusively played by women today?
A. Harp. V. Piano.
B. Cello. G. Flute.

♫ Which of these musical instruments has the fewest strings?
A. Kobza. V. Balalaika.
B. Dombra. G. Saz.
(Kazakh 2-string plucked musical instrument.)

♫ What master made the violin, which is called the "widow of Paganini"?
A. Amati. V. Guarneri.
B. Stradivari. G. Bergonzi.
(This violin was presented to Paganini at the age of 17 and he played it for 40 years.)

♫ Which of these stringed instruments has no frets?
A. Guitar. V. Mandolin.
B. Good. G. Violin.
(Finding the place of pressure on the string is a matter of habit and musical ear.)

♫ How many strings are on a bagpipe?
A. 0. IN 1.
B. 3. D. 7.
(This is a wind instrument.)

♫ Which musical instrument is NOT in a string quartet?
A. Alt. V. Double bass.
B. Violin. G. Cello.

♫ What musical instrument A.S. Did Pushkin awaken good feelings among the people?
A. Leeroy. V. Harp.
B. Gong. G. Fanfare
(“... I awakened good feelings with the lyre.”)

♫ What musical instrument owes its name to a kind of literary works, mostly poetic, expressing feelings and experiences?
A. Harp. V. Violin.
B. Lira. G. Gorn.
(Lyrics, from the Greek lyrikos - pronounced to the sounds of the lyre.)

♫ What musical instrument is the namesake of the Greek mountain where the Muses lived?
A. Helikon. W. Saxophone.
B. Gorn. G. Harp.

♫ What musical instrument can be seen in the buttonholes of military band servicemen?
A. Trumpet. V. Drum.
B. Gorn. G. Lira.

♫ Name the lowest sounding brass instrument.
A. Tuba. B. Trumpet.
B. Trombone. G. Horn.

♫ The name of which musical instrument is translated as "bunch of brushwood"?
A. Fagot. B. Organ.
B. Flute. G. Harp.
(The trunk of the bassoon is so long that it had to be bent in half and tied.)

♫ What group of musical instruments of the orchestra does the bassoon belong to?
A. Copper wind. B. Keyboard-percussion.
B. Woodwind. G. String-bowed.

♫ The name of which musical instrument is translated from French as "high tree"?
A. Oboe. V. Fagot.
B. Trembita. G. Cello.

♫ What is the alto oboe called?
A. Oboe d'amour. V. Oboe d'enisey.
B. Oboe d'lena. G. Oboe d'ob.
(From oboe and French amour - love. Literally - oboe of love.)

♫ How many deaths is the trunk of a contrabassoon?
A. At two. B. At three.
B. At four. G. At five.

♫
A. Gusar. V. Cornet.
B. Cadet. G. Midshipman.

♫ Which of these wind musical instruments is wood?
A. Horn. B. Cornet-a-piston.
B. Oboe. G. Ocarina.

♫ Which of these wind musical instruments is NOT wooden?
A. Fagot. V. Oboe.
B. Clarinet. G. cornet-a-piston.
(Wind brass mouthpiece musical instrument related to the pipe.)

♫ What "chemical" musical instrument exists?
A. Zink. B. Lead.
B. Calcium. G. Lithium.
(Zinc is a wind musical instrument. Its other name is cornet.)

♫ What musical instrument did Bayan play at the wedding of Ruslan and Lyudmila?
A. On the balalaika. B. On the harp.
B. On the button accordion. G. On the flute.

♫ What instrument was created by the accordion master Pyotr Sterligov from Tula, commissioned by the artist Orlandsky-Titarenko?
A. Accordion. V. Bayan.
B. Harmonium. G. Harmonica.
(In 1907.)

♫ What musical instrument in the orchestra depicts the Snow Maiden, the fairy-tale heroine of Rimsky-Korsakov's opera?
A. Fagot. V. Flute.
B. Cello. G. Guitar.
(The high, chilly timbre of the flute is very suitable for the fragile, tender daughter of Frost and Spring.)

♫ What folk instrument did Sharikov play from Heart of a Dog?
A. On the harp. V. On the balalaika.
B. On the harmonica. G. On the pipe.

♫ What instrument is played with sticks?
A. On the harp. B. On the fanfare.
B. On cymbals. G. On the mandolin.

♫ Which of the following instruments does NOT have pedals?
A. Harmonium. V. Timpani.
B. Harp. G. Mandolin.

♫ What is the name of the rod of a sports bar?
A. Grif. V. Deca.
B. String. G. Bow.

♫ What musical instruments did the poet Lermontov play?
A. Violin and piano. B. Guitar and piano.
G. Accordion and mandolin. G. Clarinet and saxophone.
(Lermontov's poetry is musical, which was noted by many composers. About 800 composers wrote music to his poems.)

♫ How many strings does the balalaika have?
A. Five. At four.
B. Three. G. Two.

♫ Which of these bowed instruments is the smallest?
A. Violin. V. Alt.
B. Cello. G. Double bass.

♫ In which European country was the accordion invented?
A. In Germany. V. In Belarus.
B. In England. G. In Moldova.

♫ What is the name of the Ukrainian folk musical instrument?
A. Bandura. V. Banderas.
B. Bender. G. Fander.

♫ Which of the following is a musical instrument?
A. Gramophone. V. Megafon.
B. Xylophone. G. Gramophone.

♫ Which of these is NOT a musical instrument?
A. Saxophone. V. Xylophone.
B. Metallophone. G. Gramophone.

♫ What musical instrument is the modern harmonium similar to?
A. On the button accordion. B. On the balalaika.
B. On the piano. G. On the violin.
(This is a wind keyboard instrument with a piano-like keyboard and an organ-like sound. Another name is the harmonium.)

♫ What is the name of the musical instrument?
A. Triangle. B. Square.
B. Oval. G. Rhombus.

♫ What is a small portable organ called?
A. Organics. B. Portal.
B. Portable. G. Purse.

♫ What was the name of the first Russian revolutionary newspaper published in London and Geneva by A.I. Herzen and N.I. Ogaryov?
A. "Gong". V. "Bell".
B. "Fanfare". G. "Lyra".

♫ What musical instrument exists?
A. Tamtam. V. Tuttut.
B. Here, here. G. Wonwon.
(This is the name of the African drum.)

♫ Which of these instruments is stringed?
A. Gorn. V. Castanets.
B. Horn. G. Cymbals.

♫ What is the name of a stringed plucked musical instrument common in the countries of the Near and Middle East, Armenia?
A. Rondo. V. Fugue.
B. Canon. G. Scherzo.
(Or eve.)

♫ What Russian musical instrument is related to the Finnish kantele?
A. Rozhok. V. Gudok.
B. Domra. G. Gusli.

♫ What accordion is called "talyanka"?
A. Saratovskaya. V. Vienna.
B. Italian. G. Vyatskaya.

♫ Name the Italian city where the great Stradivari worked and where the production of musical instruments is still developed?
A. Verona. W. Bologna.
B. Cremona. G. Padua.

♫ What is the name of the first string of a bowed musical instrument?
A. Prima. V. Soloist.
B. Debutante. G. Premiere.

♫ Which of these musical instruments is NOT a wind instrument?
A. Flute. V. Clarinet.
B. Oboe. G. Alt.

♫ What group of musical instruments can NOT be part of a symphony orchestra?
A. Drums. B. Bowed.
B. Keyboards. G. Brass.

♫ What musical instrument glorified Vera Dulova?
A. Violin. V. Cello.
B. harp. G. Alt.

♫ What instrument did Elvis Presley accompany himself on?
A. Harp. V. Gusli.
B. Guitar. G. Balalaika.

♫ What instrument does Elton John accompany himself during a performance?
A. Royal. V. Guitar.
B. Accordion. G. Tamtam.

♫ Which of these jazz musicians played predominantly the clarinet?
A. Duke Ellington. W. Louis Armstrong.
B. Count Basie. G. Benny Goodman.

♫ What musical instrument is used primarily to produce sound signals?
A. Trombone. B. Trumpet.
B. Gorn. G. Flute.

♫ What island is in the Tierra del Fuego archipelago, whose cape of the same name is the southernmost point of South America?
A. Gorn. W. Gong.
B. Royal. G. Buben.

♫ What musical instrument do shamans use among the peoples of the North and the Far East?
A. Buben. V. Royal.
B. Violin. G. Castanets.

♫ Which of these keyboard musical instruments sounded the earliest?
A. Harpsichord. B. Clavichords.
B. Organ. G. Piano.

♫ What instruments are NOT supposed to be in a string orchestra?
A. Violins. V. Cellos.
B. Double basses. G. Harps.
(A string orchestra consists of bowed string instruments.)

♫ What musical instrument is NOT present in a classical jazz orchestra?
A. Banjo. W. Saxophone.
B. Double bass. G. Synthesizer.

♫ Which of these instruments does NOT have bellows for blowing air?
A. Bagpipe. V. Horn.
B. Organ. G. Sharmanka.

♫ What is the name of a device in musical instruments to reduce the strength of the sound and change the timbre?
A. Surdinka. B. Mediator.
B. Plectrum. G. Bekar.

1. What musical instrument combines piano and accordion? (Accordion).

1. What is the name of the Russian folk three-stringed plucked instrument? (Balalaika).

3. What musical instrument is named after the ancient Russian singer-storyteller? (Accordion).

4. What is the name of the folk wind instrument, which is based on a leather bag and several pipes? (Bagpipes).

5. Which bowed instrument is somewhat inferior in size to the double bass, but significantly superior to the violin and viola? (Cello).

6. What musical instrument did Sadko, the hero of a famous fairy tale, own? (Gusli).

7. What instrument is considered the ancestor of all brass instruments? (horn),

8. What is the name of the folk wind musical instrument, which is a close relative of the shepherd's horn and has a piercing timbre? (Zhaleika).

9. What is the name of a person who plays music on church bells? (Bell ringer).

10. In Russia there is a musical instrument - a gusli. What is a similar instrument called in Karelia? (Kantele).

11. What miniature percussion instrument do Spanish dancers often use while dancing? (Castanets).

12. In the 18th century, a keyboard instrument was invented, which was called differently: clavicimbal, cembalo, virginal, etc. What is the better-known name for this instrument? (Harpsichord).

13. What instrument is used as a pitch standard when tuning musical instruments? (Fork).

14. What musical instrument is the emblem of musical art? (Lyra).

15. What string-plucked musical instrument was called the "queen of instruments" in the Renaissance? (Lute).

16. What Russian folk instrument is very similar in sound to the Spanish castanets? (Spoons).

17. What is the name of a musical rattle? (Maraca).

18. What is the largest wind keyboard instrument? (Organ).

19. What is the smallest flute? (Piccolo).

20. The name of which musical instrument in French means "royal"? (Piano).

21. What ancient musical instrument was one of the most important accessories of knightly equipment in the Middle Ages? (Horn).

22. What musical instrument, often used in jazz, was invented in 1841 in Paris by a Belgian master and named after him? (Saxophone).

23. What universal musical electronic instrument was designed by American engineers G. Belar and G. Olson in 1955? (Synthesizer).

24. What wind instrument was first introduced by Beethoven to the symphony orchestra? (Trombone).

25. What geometric figure has become a musical instrument? (Triangle).

26. What group of instruments do timpani belong to? (Drums).

27. What is the lowest sounding woodwind instrument? (Bassoon).

28. What is the name of a wind instrument close to the forge? (Fanfare)

29. The name of which instrument contains the two terms "loud" and "quiet"? (piano).

30. What string instrument is the basis of the Belarusian folk orchestra? (Cymbals).

31. What is the name of a small portable organ? (Street organ).

MUSIC CLUB FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

A club association can be distinguished from other group forms by the following features:

Long-term contact of the members of the association, i.e., the stability of the composition;

Joint activities of participants;

Voluntary, free self-determination of participants;

Active participation of members of the association in its work, the existence of the right and obligation not only to be present, to perceive information, but also to express themselves, their individuality by active action

The activity of this club is connected with the involvement of participants in art.

numerous keys provide tone options. Forerunner of the piano.

LIRA

Ancient stringed instrument. It consists of a resonant body and two curved parts going up to a yoke to which 4 to 10 strings are attached. Play with plectrum or fingers. It originated from Asia, from where it came to Greece and Egypt. Settled in a certain way.

ORGAN

Musical instrument, wind, of ancient origin. Sound is produced by forcing air into tubes of various sizes. Controlled with keys. It is used to perform serious works of religious music and light entertainment.

Each tube is adapted to produce a specific note. Tubes of one timbre are combined into registers. Auxiliary registers in combination with the main registers create an artificial overtone scale.

The electric organ was invented in 1934 by American engineer Lawrence Hammond (1895-1973). Other types of electric organ appeared in the 1960s. In them, electrical impulses in the relay replace the air pressure.

PIANO

Musical instrument. Kind of piano. Strings, deck, mechanics are arranged vertically. SVIREL

1. Longitudinal flutes - a set of pipes made of reed, clay or other material of different lengths to produce sounds of different tones. According to legend, the flute was invented in ancient Greece by the god Pan. Present in the traditions of folk music of Eastern Europe and Japan, South America.

2. Multi-barreled flutes, including the Pan flute (stringer), flute and kuvikla; vibrations are created by cutting the air jet against the sharp edge of the barrel wall, which gives the instrument a characteristic “champing” sound. Of all the vintage instruments, they give a relatively clean tone and simple vibrations.

STRINGED INSTRUMENTS

A class of musical instruments in which the sound source is a stretched string. Nowadays strings are made from gut, metal or perlon (plastic). The class of stringed instruments includes: bowed (the family of violins and the family of violas); plucked (guitar, ukulele, lute, sitar, alpha, banjo and lyre); mechanical plucked (harpsichords); mechanical percussion (piano and clavichord) and percussion (cymbals).

PIPE

One of the ancient mouthpiece instruments that exist around the world in various forms and made from different instruments. It is part of the group of wind instruments of the modern symphony orchestra. It consists of a cylindrical tube, straight or rolled into an oval. Produces high sustained sound. The trumpet is often used for signaling and also during solemn ceremonies. Around 1820, trumpets with valves appeared, which made it possible to extract from them the full range of sounds of the chromatic scale.

The modern orchestral trumpet is prized for its clear sound. Among the varieties of pipes: soprano, piccolo (an octave above the main one) and bass (an octave above the main one, introduced by Wagner). Brass bands typically use a flat soprano instrument. The trumpet is a traditional jazz solo instrument, and the musicians show particular skill on the high pitches.

PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT

An instrument that is played by striking it with the hand or stick. Percussion instruments can be divided into those that are tuned to produce a foot-pitched sound, such as tambourines, tubular bells, glionspiel, xylophone, and those that have an indefinite pitch: Turkish drum, tambourine, triangle, cymbals, and castanets.

HARMONIUM

Wind keyboard instrument XIX century. Operated by foot-operated mechanisms and built-in lever-type pedals operating on a speaker. Patented by Deben in Paris in 1848. Got wide

distribution in the USA as a musical instrument for playing at home and in churches. In France and Germany, the harmonium was widely used as a concert instrument for playing solo or in an orchestra.

PIANO

The collective name of keyboard-stringed hammer instruments (pianos and pianos). Invented in 1704 by Bartolomeo Cristofori, a master clavichord maker from Padua. The mechanism used in it was directly connected to the keys. In the XVIII century, it was significantly improved and won the recognition of many composers, but only in 1768 Bach gave one of the first concerts on this instrument.

Concert grand pianos with a powerful sound were invented, and small pianos for the home were mass-produced.

Dulcimer

Musical instrument, a kind of zither. It consists of a flat trapezoidal body, along which the strings are stretched. Sound is produced by striking with light hammers or sticks. Produces sounds of a coordinated character that are clearly distinguishable in pitch. The range and mobility of sound is greater than that of a harp or lyre. Popular in Hungary.

At the end of the 19th - beginning of the 20th century, it seemed that it was already impossible to come up with something fundamentally new in the field of creating musical instruments. In fact, no matter how much you make new violins, they will remain violins (besides, it will hardly be possible to surpass Stradivari and Guarneri), and the piano will always remain a piano.

Instrument-orchestra

However, some attempts in this direction have been made. So, back in 1842, the Russian writer and inventor Osip Ivanovich Senkovsky, known under the pseudonym Baron Brambeus, set about creating an orchestrion - a musical instrument that alone could replace an entire orchestra. After several years of hard work, the orchestra was ready. But it turned out to be so complicated that no one could play it, only Senkovsky's wife performed a few simple pieces.

However, the inventor soon noticed some shortcomings in his car, disassembled it and ... did not assemble it again. So the orchestrion remained in the history of music, rather, a curiosity. A true revolution in the field of designing musical instruments was only possible with the onset of the era of electricity.

"Voice of Theremin"

“Sensation in the music world! Unlimited performance possibilities! A sound born from nowhere! Millions of timbre combinations! Music going into space! An electric musical instrument competes with a violin and wins! Newspapers and magazines were full of such phrases in 1918, when the Russian inventor and musician Lev Sergeevich Termen for the first time demonstrated the new musical instrument he created, which he called the theremin, that is, the “voice of Theremin”. What is it?

L.S. Theremin believed that "electricity is not only a mechanical soulless force that automatically performs physical labor, but besides this, it is also a means of the most complete and direct human influence on controlling the finest nuances of musical harmonies." To do this, when creating an instrument (in addition to electrical sound generation), he decided to pay special attention to “the possibility of very fine control without any expenditure of mechanical energy required to press the strings or keys. The performance of music on an electric instrument should be done, for example, by free movements of the fingers in the air, similarly to the gestures of a conductor, at a distance from the instrument.

Externally, the theremin is a device with antennas resembling a conventional transistor radio antenna. Playing the theremin consists in changing the distance from the musician's hands to the antennas of the instrument. Due to this, the capacitance of the oscillatory circuit changed and, as a result, the frequency of sound. The vertical direct antenna was responsible for the tone of the sound, the horizontal - for its volume. To play the theremin, you must have an impeccable ear for music: while playing, the musician does not touch the instrument and therefore cannot fix the position of his hands relative to it and must rely only on his own hearing.

In March 1922, L.S. Theremin and a member of the collegium of the People's Commissariat of Postal Service, Chairman of the Radio Council A.M. Nikolaev came to the Kremlin to Vladimir Ilyich Lenin to show the instrument. L.S. Theremin, after his own performance of "Etude" by Scriabin, "The Swan" by Saint-Saens and "The Lark" by Glinka, began to help V.I. Lenin to play the theremin. However, it soon turned out that Lenin could play on his own, and how! He completed the performance of Glinka's "Lark" without the help of the inventor. In addition, an alarm was demonstrated on a capacitive relay, the principle of operation of which was similar to that of the theremin. Highly appreciating the prospects of the invention, Lenin wrote a note to the People's Commissar of the Navy, Lev Trotsky:

“To discuss whether it is possible to reduce the guards of the Kremlin cadets by introducing an electric signal in the Kremlin? (One engineer, Theremin, showed us his experiments in the Kremlin...) As a result, despite all the difficulties of that time, a decree was signed on the establishment of a physico-technical department at the State X-ray and Radiological Institute, where the inventor continued his research.

The device of the theremin is so simple that today the simplest model can be built at home by any schoolboy who reads the magazine "Young Technician". However, in music, despite all the enthusiasm, theremin has not received much distribution. Although now it is used, especially by performers of the so-called alternative music (this is usually understood as some, different from the usual, directions of modern rock music). There is a school for learning to play the theremin in Japan (under the direction of Masami Takeuchi), and in France there is even an annual theremin academy by Caroline Ike, an enthusiast of this instrument.

Bengal tiger roar

The development of electric (and later electronic) musical instruments took a different path, eventually leading to what we hear every day today and call synthesizers. There were two directions here - along the line of creating monophonic melodic models, on which it was possible to get only one sound at the same time (remember the musical accompaniment to the Soviet film Solaris), and polyphonic ones, on which it was possible to produce any number of sounds at the same time within the keyboard. Since the 60s of the XX century, electric organs have been widely used. For example, by 1970, the American company Hammond produced 18 types of electric organs and acoustic equipment for them. The popularity of these instruments was so high that even records were released, where the names of the performers (in particular, Miguel Ramos) appeared only in the second position, and in the first position - the Hammond organ.

Not without curiosities, of course. In 1966, through the efforts of enthusiasts at the Zhytomyr plant "Elektroizmeritel", an electric organ called "Estradin" was built. The amateur orchestra, armed with this instrument, toured so successfully that it managed to win a gold medal and the title of laureates at the anniversary competition dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the revolution. But with the encore performance, everything went wrong. The musicians switched registers in confusion, but instead of the promised ballet suite by Shostakovich, a hoarse roar sounded from the speakers, which even a Bengal tiger would envy. And this is in the presence of high party officials! What can you do, these instruments were imperfect then. Of course, the would-be inventors were immediately deprived of medals and titles.

Mr. Hammond's mistake

In 1970, Soviet radio and television broadcast music performed by an orchestra conducted by Vyacheslav Meshcherin. The instruments of this orchestra included a large two-keyboard Hammond organ. It was built on the principle of harmonic synthesis of timbre (in theory, there are millions of harmonies!) and, of course, the Soviet designers who came to get acquainted with it were very interested. And what was the surprise and disappointment of the engineers when, after countless manipulations with the handles, they managed to get only a dozen sharply different timbres from each other! And the rest were transitional structures that could be confused ...

There was another similar case. In Moscow, at the inter-republican fair in 1966, one of the first domestic electric organs was demonstrated. At first, the responses of the visitors in the guest book were enthusiastic: "Wonderful, wonderful tool!" However, the enthusiasm soon waned sharply - “When will they finally turn off their hurdy-gurdy”, “It presses on the ears ...” And indeed, a sonorous vociferous instrument could be listened to with pleasure for several minutes, and then the sound began to seem monotonous and tired the ear.

What's the matter? Why couldn't people listen to the first electric organs for hours with pleasure, like a piano? But the fact is that musical sounds are a very thin, refined fabric, for the full description of which there are few such physical concepts as pitch, loudness, harmonic composition. The "musical picture" lives, pulsates - even during one continuous sounding of a tone, changes in pitch, timbre, volume occur, which do not obey any obvious laws. This is explained by the fact that the musical sound is usually framed by noises - the rustle of a bow, the whisper of the keys ... Hence the vitality and warmth of the sound. Each instrument has its own character of the beginning of the sound (attack) and disappearance (attenuation). Once they conducted such an experiment - several outstanding performers were given to listen to tape recordings of various instruments, where the attack and decay were erased. And what? More often than not, it was impossible to determine which instrument was sounding! Neither Mr. Hammond nor the designers of the first Soviet electric musical instruments took this into account.

Now, of course, the picture has changed. The mistakes of the past have been taken into account, and modern synthesizers have a truly inexhaustible timbre and expressive richness.

Stradivari forever

The computer era has put everything in its place, and now everyone who has a computer and desire can create and record any electronic music. We are so accustomed to these sounds that we almost do not distinguish electronic music from "live". And yet, no computer and synthesizer will ever replace the Stradivarius violin played by the master...