Musical Vocab
The word that indicates the gradual decrease of a tempo
What is ritardando
The meaning of a dot located above or below a note head
What is staccato (short)
The part of the instrument that winds the strings up to tune them (located near the scroll)
What is a peg
The name of the "pouring the soda" motion in the bow hand
What is pronation/pronate
The name of the bowing that is played with two (or more) bowed notes in the same direction with a stop in between
What is a hooked bow
The translation AND meaning of "D.S. al Coda"
What is "Dal Segno al Coda"; return to the S (symbol) and play until "to Coda," and jump to the Coda to finish the piece
The definition of an accent AND what you must to do play one
What is a strong start to a note; pronate
The metal rod that comes out of the bottom of cellos and basses to hold them up
What is an endpin
The word describing all musicians playing the same notes and rhythm
What is unison
The name of the broken chord we play at the end of our warm-up exercise AND the number pattern we use to figure the notes out
What is arpeggio; 1, 3, 5, 8
The three symbols that an accidental can appear as AND how long they apply for
What are a sharp, flat, and natural; one full measure
The curved line that connects notes (both names) and the difference between the two
What is a tie and a slur (ties are played as one note that's held for the value of both and slurs are two or more notes played in the same bow)
The name of the wooden part of the instrument that holds up the strings
What is the bridge
The names of each clef that our string instruments read in (violin, viola, cello & bass)
What is treble clef (violin), alto clef (viola), and bass clef (cello & bass)
The name of the school we traveled to for NYSSMA Majors
What is Chatham High School
The rhythmic name for an emphasis on the off-beats (+'s instead of the numbers)
What is syncopation
What three slashes through a note is called AND what it indicates
What is tremolo; play as many notes as quickly as possible within the rhythm
The wooden dowel that can be seen through the F-holes that holds your instrument together
What is the sound post
The value that a dot next to a note adds
What is half of the value of the note
The key signature for Bb Major
What is a Bb and Eb (2 flats)
The word that describes notes played at the same time that sounds unpleasing to the ear
What is dissonance
The word that describes a squiggly line at a diagonal (upwards or downwards) AND what it indicates
What is a glissando AND slide up or down the string with a finger down on the string
The name of the metal part of the bow that connects the bow hair to the frog
What is the ferrule
The name of the composer of Dramatic Essay
Who is Mark Williams
The name of any TWO pieces that the 6th or 8th Grade Orchestra performed at either the Winter or Spring Concert
What is Exhilaration, Rustic Dance, Legends of Glory, Cliffs of Moher, Afterburn, Sky Islands, Dance of Fire, Allegro in D, or Swashbucklers Saga