Musical Vocab
The name of the device that clicks the tempo
What is a metronome
The three symbols that can represent an accidental AND how long they apply to the music
What is a sharp, flat, and natural; one full measure
The part of the instrument that winds the strings up to tune them (located near the scroll)
What is the peg
The word describing all musicians playing the same notes and rhythm
What is unison
The difference between a slur and a tie
What is a slur connects two notes of different pitches and a tie connects two notes of the same pitch
The symbol that describes the gradual decrease in volume
What is a decrescendo
The name of the symbol that represents holding a note longer than indicated (until the conductor cuts you off)
What is a fermata
What rosin is made of
What is tree sap
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 AND definition of "ff"
What is Fortissimo and to play very loud
The word for gradually getting louder
What is a crescendo
The value a dot adds to a note
What is half of the value of the note
The name of the small wooden part of the instrument that holds up the strings
What is the bridge
The name of the clefs that each string instrument reads
What is treble clef (violin), alto clef (viola), and bass clef (cello & bass)
The frequency that we tune our A's to (measured in Hertz)
What is 440 Hertz
The word that indicates the gradual increase of a tempo
What is accelerando
The name of the symbol/technique that indicates sliding a finger up or down the fingerboard to a specific note
What is a glissando
The name for the small screws at the bottom of each string that we learned how to turn recently
What is fine tuners
What MFOM stands for
What is Mahopac Friends of Music
The key signature of Bb major
What is a Bb and Eb (2 flats)
The full term for D.C. al Fine AND what it indicates
What is Da Capo al Fine; return to the beginning and play until the fine
What three slashes through the stem of a note is called AND what it indicates
What is tremolo; play as many notes as quickly as possible within the rhythm
The small wooden dowel that can be seen through the F-holes that holds your instrument together
What is the sound post
The name of the composer OR arranger of Jupiter
Who is Holst or Deborah Baker Monday
The name of any TWO pieces that the 6th or 7th Grade Orchestra performed at the Spring Concert
What is Mystical Beasts, Starlit Night, Fiddles on Fire, Gargoyles, Echoes of Bravery, Spiders