Bowing Terms
The Staff
Music Theory
Rhythms
Part 1
Part 1
Rhythms
Part 2
Part 2
200
This term means you should move your bow from Frog to Tip. Name the term and draw the symbol.
What is a Down Bow?
200
This symbol divides measures. Name the term and draw an example.
What is a Bar Line?
200
This scale / key signature has F# and C#.
What is D Major?
200
This type of note has a value of 1 beat. Name the term and draw an example.
What is a Quarter Note?
200
This type of rest indicates 1 beat of silence. Name the term and draw an example.
What is a Quarter Rest?
300
This term means you should move your bow from Tip to Frog. Name the term and draw the symbol.
What is an Up Bow?
300
This symbol tells you that a piece of music is finished. Name the term and draw it.
What is a double bar line?
300
This scale / key signature has F#.
What is G Major?
300
This type of note has a value of 2 beats. Name the term and draw an example.
What is a Half Note?
300
This type of rest indicates 2 beats of silence. Name the term and draw an example.
What is a Half Rest?
400
This symbol tells you to reset your bow back to the frog after doing a down bow OR reset your bow back to the tip after doing an up bow. Name the term and draw an example.
What is a Bow Lift or Retake?
400
This symbol means you will play the exercise twice. Name the term and draw an example.
What is a Repeat Sign?
400
This scale / key has no sharps or flats.
What is C Major?
400
This type of note has a value of 4 beats. Name the term and draw an example.
What is a whole note?
400
This type of rest indicates 4 beats of silence. Name the term and draw an example.
What is a Whole Rest?
500
This term means to connect two or more DIFFERENT notes under one bow.
What is a Slur?
500
This thing at the beginning of the staff tells you what sharps or flats are in the piece.
What is the Key Signature?
500
This symbol raises a note by 1/2 step. Name the term and draw an example.
What is a Sharp sign?
500
This type of note has a value of 1/2 of a beat. Name the term and draw an example.
What is an 8th note?
500
This term means you will start a musical phrase on an incomplete measure.
What is a Pickup?
600
This term means to connect two or more of the SAME notes under one bow?
What is a Tie?
600
This thing at the beginning of the staff tells you what instrument should be reading the music and determines the names of the lines and spaces. Name the term and draw an example.
What is a Clef?
600
This symbol indicates that the note is its letter name and is not sharp or flat. Name the term and draw an example.
What is a Natural sign?
600
When put NEXT TO a note, this simple symbol adds 1/2 of the original note's value. Name the term and draw an example.
What is a Dot?
600
This term means to break down the rhythmic counts into smaller parts to help keep you from speeding up.
What is Subdivide?
700
This term means you should bow as indicated in the example.
What is HOOKED bowing?
700
This thing at the beginning of the staff tells you how many beats are in each measure. Name the term and draw an example.
What is a Time Signature?
700
This symbol means to repeat to the sign starting from a specific measure (HINT: not a regular repeat)
Name the term and draw it.
What is a D.S. (Dal Segno)?
700
The counts for this measure would be...
700
The counts for this measure would be...
