Feel the Groove
The rhythmic value that is worth two beats in common time.
What is a half note?
The major key with no flats or sharps.
What is C Major?
This dynamic is represented by this symbol: ppp
What is pianississimo?
The location of the bow that should be used for louder passages.
What is towards the frog?
The highest clef in music.
What is treble clef?
The syllables used to count four consecutive 16th notes.
What is "1 e & a"
The amount of sharps in the key of A Major.
What is three?
The term that indicates smooth, connected notes.
What is legato?
The wood of your bow should almost always tilt in this direction.
What is away from the bridge?
The instrument section or sections that should "lead" a crescendo.
What are the cello and basses?
The method of counting rhythms by "feeling" the micro-beats.
What is subdivision?
What the bottom number in a time signature represents.
What is the rhythmic value that receives the beat?
The term for when the tempo gradually speeds up.
What is accelerando?
The three ways to manipulate your volume and tone using your bow.
What is weight, speed, and placement?
The number of movements in a traditional symphony.
What is four?
The amount of beats a dotted whole note is worth.
What is 6?
The number of flats in the key of F minor.
What is four?
The name of this articulation, meaning to play forcefully or "marked": ∧
What is marcato?
The bow stroke that requires bouncing the bow at the balance point.
What is spiccatto?
The strings on the violin, viola, and cello are tuned in this interval.
What is a 5th?
The name of the rhythm for three equal notes in the time of two quarter notes.
What is quarter-note triplets.
The scale degrees that need to be lowered by a half step to turn a major scale into its parallel minor scale.
What are the 3rd, 6th, and 7th?
The tempo marking that indicates very fast and "lively", usually between 156-176 bpm.
What is vivace?
The French term for the foundational bowing that indicates separate bow strokes with slight separation.
What is détaché?
The era of music that Tchaikovsky composed in.
What is romantic?