![]() More on the viola, da gamba and otherwise, in the next blog post.ĩ. Not to be confused with the big kahuna.Ĩ. The clarinet, short for clarinetto (small clarino).ħ. The oboe, from haut bois (high wood), presumably not because of the effect on the players’s sobriety from having to blow into the darned thing.Ħ. The recorder (another puzzler of a name), known elsewhere as blockflute (blockflute, made from a single block of wood), flûte à bec (beak flute, for the shape of its mouthpiece) and flauto dolce (sweet flute, for its sound - when played by the pros).ĥ. That would be the cello, formerly ‘cello, and known properly as the violoncello.Ĥ. How the term fortepiano came to stand today for the instrument of 200 years ago is another story.ģ. The piano, short for pianoforte (soft-loud), so named because unlike on the harpsichord, the player can control the loudness of the instrument by touch. The piccolo, short for flauto piccolo (small flute).Ģ. What voice type (OK, not an instrument) takes its name from the Latin verb meaning “to hold,” as in “to hold the chant melody?” What ancient plucked string instrument’s name comes from the Arabic for “the wood?”ġ0. What renaissance and baroque instrument’s name translates from the Italian as “leg viol?”ĩ. What brass instrument’s name translates from the Italian as “big trumpet?”Ĩ. What woodwind instrument’s English name translates from the Italian as “small high trumpet?”ħ. What instrument’s various non-English names would translate into English as “block flute,” “beak flute” or “sweet flute?”ĥ. What woodwind instrument’s name is derived from the French for “high wood?”Ħ. What instrument is known in English simply by its Italian diminutive suffix? Hint: Its full Italian name means “small large viol.”Ĥ. What instrument’s English name translates from the Italian as “quiet?”ģ. What instrument’s English name translates from the Italian as “small?”Ģ. Before we focus on one instrument in the next blog entry, let’s start with a snap quiz. If you want to train your ear a little more before you play, head over to our blog posts about the string and woodwind and brass and percussion families to listen to every instrument one by one.The nomenclature of musical instruments can be a fun study, especially when you compare the American English words for instruments with their non-English counterparts. Musical Bingo is the same as regular Bingo, except instead of marking off the numbers that someone calls out, you’ll listen to music samples and mark off the instruments you hear. Your musical ears will really be put to the test as you work towards being able to shout out BINGO in victory! Musical Bingo is a fun way to help learners young and old to recognize the sounds of the instruments. When you think you have the order correct, click “Check My Music Map” to find out.Drag and drop the tiles, each depicting different music events, to reorder them in the order that they happen in the music. ![]() Listen once through before starting the music maps activity.
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