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

[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?”

[NellyLunatic1980]

Spoiler

1. pianoforte
2. falsetto?
3. ukulele
4. pass
5. pass

[AnnieCamaro]

Spoiler

“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.

[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.

[TheCalvinator24]

Edited to Spoilerize

Spoiler

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

[Bob78164]

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?”

Spoiler

1. pianoforte

3. ukulele

--Bob

[fantine33]

Yay! I figured you'd been reading my Sploofus exemption travails and was going to follow up Geography with Physical Science. Ha!

Spoiler

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.

[tlynn78]

Spoiler

1. pianoforte
2. countertenor
3. ukulele
4. percussion pipes
5. nope

[Catfish]

Spoiler

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

[mcd1400de]

Turns out I probably would have scored the same either way....

Spoiler

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

[Catfish]

Spoiler

Spoiler

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.

[KillerTomato]

Spoiler

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."

[mrkelley23]

Spoiler

Spoiler

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.

Spoiler

No huhu, catfish. When I was researching clues for this game, I found that the accepted British spelling of the instrument is ukelele. 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'

[jarnon]

Spoiler

1. pianoforte
2. contralto
3.
4.
5.

[etaoin22]

Spoiler

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.

[hf_jai]

Spoiler

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.

[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.

[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

[fantine33]

Spoiler

Spoiler

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.

Spoiler

No huhu, catfish. When I was researching clues for this game, I found that the accepted British spelling of the instrument is ukelele. 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'

Spoiler

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.

[christie1111]

Spoiler

1 piano forte

3 ukulele

[JBillyGirl]

Spoiler

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

[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.

Double Play Wednesday Game #2 “Musical Vocabulary”

10 points per question

Spoiler

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

[T_Bone0806]

Spoiler

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

[megaaddict]

Spoiler

1. piano (from pianoforte)
2. high tenor?
3. ukelele
4. the tubes?
5. stop

[mellytu74]

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

Spoiler

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!

Spoiler

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?

Spoiler

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?

Spoiler

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?”

Spoiler

gasket