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Uncommon card · Science
Orchestration, an Uncommon card
Orchestration is the study or practice of writing music for an orchestra or of adapting music composed for another medium for an orchestra.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 79
- DEF
- 77
- Power
- 156
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 28,000
Power 156 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Orchestration quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Orchestration card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In classical music, composers have historically ______ their own music.
Answer
orchestrated. In classical music, composers have historically orchestrated their own music. From the Orchestration article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Friedrich Schleiermacher. Friedrich Schleiermacher 54,000 · Cofactor 37,000 · Orchestration 28,000 · Ed Roberts 13,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Also called "instrumentation", orchestration is the assignment of different instruments to play the different parts of a musical work.
- For example, a work for solo piano could be adapted and orchestrated so that an orchestra could perform the piece, or a concert band piece could be orchestrated for a symphony orchestra.
- In classical music, composers have historically orchestrated their own music.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Orchestration article was read about 28,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 79 and blocks with 77: each hit it takes is cut by 31 %.
How to get Orchestration
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Orchestration (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Carl Maria von Weber (1786–1826), composer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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