Key Signatures
Bowings
Notes
Instruments
Potpourri
100
This major key has 2 sharps
What is D-Major?
100
This bowing is shown by this symbol
What is a down bow?
100
A C natural is fingered this way
What is low two on the A-String? What is 2nd finger on the A-String?
100
This is the standard number of strings on a bowed string instrument.
What is 4 strings?
100
This is the clef the viola reads
What is an Alto Clef?
200
This major key as only 1 sharp
What is G-Major?
200
This bowing is represented by this symbol
What is an up bow?
200
This is how you play an F natural
What is a low 2 on the d-string? What is a 2 on the d-string?
200
Orchestras tend to have more of these instruments than any other.
What are violins?
200
This tells the player whether to play C#'s or F#'s, always seen at the beginning of each line.
What is the key signature?
300
G Major has this many sharps
What is one sharp?
300
This is when you connect two or more different notes in one bow direction
What is a slur?
300
Being in the key of g-major, these are the fingers you use on the A-string
What is 1, low 2, 3? What is 1, 2, 4?
300
This instrument has the longest bow in the orchestra
What is the Viola?
300
Before the invention of the endpin, how were Cello's held?
What is between/by their knees?
400
D-major has this many sharps
What is 2 sharps?
400
This is when you connect two or more of the same notes in one bow direction
What is a tie?
400
Name all the lines in your clef in G-major.
What is E, G, B, D, F#? (Violin) What is F#, A, C, E, G? (Viola) What is G, B, D, F#, A? (Cello/Bass)
400
This is the lowest sounding instrument in the orchestra
What is string bass?
400
This is what strings were made out of before the invention of metal strings
What is sheep gut?
500
This key requires a low 2 (violin/Viola) or 2nd finger (Cello/Bass) on the A-string
What is G-Major?
500
This bowing is represented by a dot over or under each note.
What is a staccato?
500
Being in G-major, these are the fingers you use on the E-String/C-String.
What is 1, low 2, 3? (Violin) What is 1, high 2, 3? (Viola) What is 1, ext. 2, ext. 4? (Cello) What is 1, 2? (Bass)
500
This instrument has the closest range to the human voice
What is the cello?
500
In the time signature '3/4', this is what the '4' means
What is the quarter notes gets the beat?
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