Definitions
Three main points of string playing
Piano
what is soft
V
what is an up bow?(pushing your bow to the left?)
Bottom line of the bass clef.
What is the note G?(open G)
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Who is Buttercup?
staff
Term which means, pluck the string
What is pizzicato?
forte
what is loud or strong?
П
what is a down bow, pulling or your bow to the right
This is the clef the cellos play from
What is the bass clef?
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What is the Cardinals?
This tells you what sharps, flats or naturals to play for the whole piece.
What is a key signature
This term means to play with the bow.
What is Arco?
This is the symbol which makes the note higher by one half step.
what is a sharp?
what is gradually getting louder
crescendo
Smooth and Connected
What is Legato?
This is the clef the violins play from
What is a Treble Clef? G clef
This is Mrs. Jones' oldest violin's name.
What is Violet?
This tells you how many beats in each measure and which kind of a note gets one beat at the beginning of a piece.
What is a Time Signature?
This is the term that tells you to play something again
What is repeat?
This is the symbol that make a note one half step lower.
What is a flat?
what is gradually getting softer
diminuendo, decreschendo
Short and Separated
what is staccatto?
This is the clef the violas play from
what is the alto or c clef?
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What is the Missouri Tigers or Mizzou?
This term means to speed up.
What is an accelerando?
This is a term which means to go up in pitch one note at a time in a specific sequence. Sometimes we come back down.
What is a scale?
This is the symbol that cancels the key signature for one measure.
What is an accidental?
Mezzo
what is medium (Italian)
Slur
What is more than one note in the same bow direction?
This is the highest string on the violin
what is the E string
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what is Peanut M & M's ?
This term means to slow down.
What is a rit. or ritardondo?
This is the term that means to go to the beginning.
What is Da Capo, or D.C.?