My Ensemble
Nifty Notes
Let’s Count
Music, Music, Music
Posture Positive
100

How many violinists are in our current Intermediate class in total?

What is 16 students?

100

What note is 4 fingers on the E string?

What is B
100

How many beats does a dotted quarter note get?

What is 3 beats

100
Name one or both writers of Occapella
What is Lee Dorsey and/or Allen Toussaint
100

What is it called when you hold the violin underneath your chin with no hands?

What is Heavy Head?

200

Name one song that the Advanced Class played in the concert. Not including Occapella, Twinkle, or This Land is Your Land

Over the Rainbow or Swallowtail Jig

200

What is the trick to remember the names of the line notes?

Evil Gummy Bears Die First

200

How many Eighth notes fit in a measure that has 4 beats?

What is 8 eighth notes

200

When you Subtract fingers from a string do the notes get higher in pitch or lower in pitch?

What is lower in pitch

200

What hand uses the bow?

What is the right hand

300

How many instruments does Ms. Hannah teach?

What is 3 instruments (violin, piano, ukulele)

300

Make up a new pneumonic advice to remember the names of the SPACE NOTES

What is FACE

300

How many eighth notes equal a quarter note?

What is 2 eighth notes

300

Name one composer of classical music besides Mozart and Beethoven

Bach, Haydn, Handel, Tallis, etc

300

What position do you take a bow in?

What is rest position

400

What is the name of the person who leads the orchestra?

What is the conductor

400

What note is 4 fingers on the G string?

D (the same pitch as open D string)

400

What note is 1/2 of an eighth note

What is a 16th note

400

What style of music is This Land is Your Land?

What is Folk Music

400

What animal should be able to fit in your left hand while you play the violin?

What is a Mouse (the MOUSE HOUSE)

500

Name one other instrument (besides the violin) in the string family

Cello, Viola, Harp, Bass, Guitar, etc

500

If the violin had a 5th string (LOWER) than the G string, what is the name of that string?

What is the C String?

500

Add up 2 whole notes, a half note, 2 quarter notes, and an eighth note, what is the sum?

What is 12.5 beats

500

What style of music is Tallis Canon 

What is Classical Music

500

What is it called when you put more than one note in a bow stroke?

What is a slur

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