Classical String Instruments
Non-Classical String Instruments
Pot Pourri
Articulation Marks
100
This instrument has the highest pitch of the classical string family
What is the violin?
100
This instrument can be played in classical music, Spanish music, jazz, and rock n' roll. This instrument has six strings.
What is the guitar?
100
This is the term for the series of every other note of a scale.
What is an arpeggio?
100
This indicates that the note should be played shorter than notated.
What is Staccato?
200
This instrument looks like a violin, but sounds lower.
What is the viola?
200
This instrument has four strings, and looks like a snare drum. It is played in classical music, country music, and bluegrass music.
What is the banjo?
200
Tells the performer to repeat playing of the music from its beginning.
What Da Capo?
200
This symbol indicates that the note should be played at its full value, or slightly longer.
What is Tenuto?
300
This instrument is played by sitting in a chair, and placing the instrument in between in the players legs
What is the cello?
300
This instrument looks like a small guitar. It has four strings, and is commonly played in Hawaiian music.
What is the ukulele?
300
In what country was the violin founded/made?
What is Italy?
300
This indicates that a note, chord, or rest is sustained longer than its written value.
What is Fermata or Pause?
400
This instrument is played by sitting in a chair, and placing the instrument in between in the players legs
What is the cello?
400
This instrument was the first known string instrument.
What is the lyre?
400
This Baroque period type of performance includes dramatic story-telling by singers who use their voices like instruments.
What is an opera?
400
This indicates that a note should be played louder.
What is Accent?
500
What instrument has the largest number of members in an orchestra?
What is the violin?
500
This instrument is a member of the string instrument family and the percussion instrument family.
What is the piano?
500
Ludwig van Beethoven had ____ children.
What is zero?
500
Is essentially a louder version of the >.
What is Marcato?