Tone
The ideal location to bow your instrument.
What is between the bridge and fingerboard?
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What is an accent?
What are quarter notes/quarter rests?
Meaning very slow.
What is a staff?
Round, Full, Resonant, Warm,
These are all words used to describe...
What is the ideal tone?
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What is staccato?
This indicates two beats of sound in 4/4.
What is a half note?
Meaning moderately or walking speed.
What is moderato?
This symbol, written before any notes are notated, describes the range of pitch in a given piece of music.
What is clef?
These three factors control your tone, when playing arco.
What are bow weight, bow placement, and bow speed?
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What is legato?
These symbols indicate three beats of silence in 4/4.
What are three quarter rests?
What are a quarter rest and a half rest?
Meaning quick and lively.
What is vivace?
This symbol describes how many beats are in a measure and what kind of note gets the beat.
What is a time signature?
What is less weight and move closer to the fingerboard?
An arch connecting two or more notes of a different pitch.
You can fit four of these into one beat in 4/4.
What are sixteenth notes?
Meaning to slow down over time.
What is ritardando?
Tempo markings and changes can be found here.
What is the beginning and/or above the staff?
My tone is quiet and airy sounding. I must make an adjustment.
What is use more bow weight and move closer to the bridge?
An arch that sits atop/under two dots, depending on the placement of the notes, indicates this articulation.
What is a hooked bowing?
You can fit exactly 24 32nd notes into one measure of this time signature.
What is 3/4?
When playing in orchestra, and I know the tempo needs to change in the middle of the piece, I should do this.
What is watch the director/conductor/Mr. West?
These symbols are always found below where the music is written.
What are dynamics?