Sonority (Timbre) test questions - Edexcel

1

Which two instruments are used to start this piece by J.S. Bach?

2

What is the third instrument to start playing in this piece by J.S. Bach?

3

What is the fourth instrument to start playing in this piece by J.S. Bach?

4

What is the fifth instrument to start playing in this piece by J.S. Bach?

5

Which instrument in the piece from Holst's The Planets plays a long note with a crescendo?

The Planets, Gustav Holst

6

Which instrument is used in the repeated pattern at the beginning of this extract?

7

Listen to these extracts and select the instrument you hear

Which woodwind instrument plays the solo in this extract?

8

Which keyboard instrument plays the solo in this extract from Charpentier's Te Deum?

9

Which two of these voices are male voices?

10

How many drums are normally played by a tabla player?