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QoD 06/04/08 Double Play Wed. Game 2 "Music Vocabulary
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 12:52 pm
by mrkelley23
Double Play Wednesday Game #2 “Musical Vocabulary”
10 points per question
1. What musical instrument’s full name combines the Italian dynamic instructions for “soft” and “loud?”
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!
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?
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?
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?”
Re: QoD 06/04/08 Double Play Wed. Game 2 "Music Vocabu
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 12:54 pm
by NellyLunatic1980
1. pianoforte
2. falsetto?
3. ukulele
4. pass
5. pass
Re: QoD 06/04/08 Double Play Wed. Game 2 "Music Vocabu
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 1:08 pm
by AnnieCamaro
mrkelley23 wrote: “Musical Vocabulary”
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!
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?
Ukelele
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?
The 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?”
A stop
I'm glad I waited for these questions, even though I usually do pretty well on geography (because of my favorite Big Book of Maps.) Working on the opera has taught me a lot about music and musical instruments.
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 1:09 pm
by andrewjackson
I think I'm glad I went for the early Q's even though I didn't quite nail them.
I would have embarrassed myself on most of these.
Re: QoD 06/04/08 Double Play Wed. Game 2 "Music Vocabu
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 1:17 pm
by TheCalvinator24
Edited to Spoilerize
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!
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?
Ukelele
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?
The PVC-xylophoney-drum thingy
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
Re: QoD 06/04/08 Double Play Wed. Game 2 "Music Vocabu
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 1:17 pm
by Bob78164
mrkelley23 wrote:Double Play Wednesday Game #2 “Musical Vocabulary”
10 points per question
1. What musical instrument’s full name combines the Italian dynamic instructions for “soft” and “loud?”
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!
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?
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?
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?”
1. pianoforte
3. ukulele
--Bob
Re: QoD 06/04/08 Double Play Wed. Game 2 "Music Vocabu
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 1:25 pm
by fantine33
Yay! I figured you'd been reading my Sploofus exemption travails and was going to follow up Geography with Physical Science. Ha!
Double Play Wednesday Game #2 “Musical Vocabulary”
10 points per question
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!
Counter tenor
Thanks for the admonition, or I would have hedged my bets with 'tenor'.
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?
Ukelele
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?
Glockenschpiel
I've never understood the appeal of this group.
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
Edited only to correct my spelling on georgraphy or it would have been bugging me all day.
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 1:29 pm
by tlynn78
1. pianoforte
2. countertenor
3. ukulele
4. percussion pipes
5. nope
Re: QoD 06/04/08 Double Play Wed. Game 2 "Music Vocabu
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 1:30 pm
by Catfish
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!
tenor falsetto?
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?
ukelele
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?
??
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
Re: QoD 06/04/08 Double Play Wed. Game 2 "Music Vocabu
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 1:39 pm
by mcd1400de
Turns out I probably would have scored the same either way....
mrkelley23 wrote:Double Play Wednesday Game #2 “Musical Vocabulary”
10 points per question
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!
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?
left-handed sewer flute (saw BMG not long ago, but I have no idea what it's actually called...)
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
Re: QoD 06/04/08 Double Play Wed. Game 2 "Music Vocabu
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 1:39 pm
by Catfish
Catfish wrote: 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!
tenor falsetto?
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?
ukelele
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?
??
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
Argh! Despite the fact that my brain way saying uk-
u-lele because I remembered it from my
Crosswords game (ukulele means "jumping fleas"), when I went to check my message after posting, I found my fingers spelled it wrong. Dang.
Re: QoD 06/04/08 Double Play Wed. Game 2 "Music Vocabu
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 2:04 pm
by KillerTomato
1. What musical instrument’s full name combines the Italian dynamic instructions for “soft” and “loud?”
PIANOFORTE, now known as a Piano.
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!
Nope.
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?
"Fine"? LOL! I heard an awful lot of this recently...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?
I love BMG! I've seen 'em a couple of times. This is the 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?”
A STOP. As in "pulling out all the stops."
Re: QoD 06/04/08 Double Play Wed. Game 2 "Music Vocabu
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 3:01 pm
by mrkelley23
Catfish wrote:Catfish wrote: 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!
tenor falsetto?
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?
ukelele
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?
??
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
Argh! Despite the fact that my brain way saying uk-
u-lele because I remembered it from my
Crosswords game (ukulele means "jumping fleas"), when I went to check my message after posting, I found my fingers spelled it wrong. Dang.
No huhu, catfish. When I was researching clues for this game, I found that the accepted British spelling of the instrument is uk
elele. As you'll notice, I did not get specific about how many times each letter was used, just because I was prepared to accept either spelling. You were just feeling your British ancestry, I'm bettin'
Re: QoD 06/04/08 Double Play Wed. Game 2 "Music Vocabu
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 3:37 pm
by jarnon
1. pianoforte
2. contralto
3.
4.
5.
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 3:41 pm
by etaoin22
1 - Pianoforte
2 - countertenor, or when Prof. Shickele uses this voice, a bargain-counter tenor.
3 - Ukelele
4 - Their toys have names??
How about "vinyl zebulum"?
5 - organ stop
still messed up o n spoiling, thusedited.
Re: QoD 06/04/08 Double Play Wed. Game 2 "Music Vocabu
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 3:43 pm
by hf_jai
1. pianoforte
2. tenor? (I think it's some kind of tenor, but the only thing that comes to mind is Irish tenor, and I'm pretty sure that's not it)
3. ukelele?
4. can't even guess
5. I should know this... but I'm drawing a blank... that's not it, is it?
Darn it, I forgot to spoilerize my answer again.
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 5:42 pm
by wintergreen48
Dang dang dang dang dang.
I answered the geography quiz, figuring I would do as well there as on anything else; and I probably got no more than two questions right. Now the musical quiz comes up... and I could have answered all five questions.
Dang dang dang dang dang.
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 6:30 pm
by LookingForHumorPoints
Double Play Wednesday Game #2 “Musical Vocabulary”
10 points per question
And, of course, the funny man is going to play both games, whether you like it or not!
1. What musical instrument’s full name combines the Italian dynamic instructions for “soft” and “loud?”
The Kazoo
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!
Pinchateste... oh wait, you want specific? Pincharightteste
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?
A schitzo who needs professional help
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?
The bidet
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?”
The Fart Pipe
LFHP
Re: QoD 06/04/08 Double Play Wed. Game 2 "Music Vocabu
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 6:46 pm
by fantine33
mrkelley23 wrote:Catfish wrote:Catfish wrote: 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!
tenor falsetto?
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?
ukelele
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?
??
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
Argh! Despite the fact that my brain way saying uk-
u-lele because I remembered it from my
Crosswords game (ukulele means "jumping fleas"), when I went to check my message after posting, I found my fingers spelled it wrong. Dang.
No huhu, catfish. When I was researching clues for this game, I found that the accepted British spelling of the instrument is uk
elele. As you'll notice, I did not get specific about how many times each letter was used, just because I was prepared to accept either spelling. You were just feeling your British ancestry, I'm bettin'
So, in the 'you learn something new everyday' department'
I was reading the answers and was thinking to myself, "Man, is Kittyfish the only person besides myself that knows how to spell ukelele?" As it turns out.... Ha!
The fact that I used an emoticon in a non bitchy way for possibly the first time ever will tell you something.
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 6:56 pm
by christie1111
Re: QoD 06/04/08 Double Play Wed. Game 2 "Music Vocabu
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 7:15 pm
by JBillyGirl
mrkelley23 wrote:I'm glad I waited for the second game!
1. What musical instrument’s full name combines the Italian dynamic instructions for “soft” and “loud?” -- the 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! -- 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? -- NFC, but I'd sure like to know
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?” -- a stop
Re: QoD 06/04/08 Double Play Wed. Game 2 "Music Vocabu
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 7:21 pm
by tanstaafl2
Well I would have preferred the first set but if I understand correctly that is no longer an option as I am just now getting to the bored. But if it is "all or nothing" then it probably doesn't matter as I am pretty sure I don't know them all in either case.
mrkelley23 wrote:Double Play Wednesday Game #2 “Musical Vocabulary”
10 points per question
1. What musical instrument’s full name combines the Italian dynamic instructions for “soft” and “loud?”
Instructions appear to indicate the answer is pianoforte but never heard of this as an instrument name.
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!
Nope
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?
Never knew it had a name...
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?"
A stop
Re: QoD 06/04/08 Double Play Wed. Game 2 "Music Vocabu
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 7:45 pm
by T_Bone0806
1-Pianoforte
2-Countertenor
3-Ukelele
4-I have seen the Blue Man Group play these thingamajiggers but I do not know what they are called
5-Stops
Re: QoD 06/04/08 Double Play Wed. Game 2 "Music Vocabu
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 6:30 am
by megaaddict
1. piano (from pianoforte)
2. high tenor?
3. ukelele
4. the tubes?
5. stop
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 11:17 am
by mellytu74
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!
falsetto tenor?
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?
Ukelele
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?
the PVC pipe marimba and clarinet combo
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?”
gasket