Scales and Notes
This is the note below the bottom line of the treble clef (or the note in the third space of the alto clef)
What is D?
This symbol tells the performer to emphasize the note
What is an accent?
This symbol tells the performer to gradually get louder
What is a crescendo?
This is when the performer stops playing for a short amount of time in the middle of a song
These are the four strings of a violin
What are G, D, A, and E?
This causes a note to be pitched slightly lower than it normally would be
What is a flat?
This symbol tells the performer to play the note shorter than normal
What is staccato?
This is the line that signals the end of a piece of music
What is the Double Bar Line?
This is a note that spans one full measure of 4/4
What is a whole note?
This is the clef the violin plays in
What is the treble clef?
This is a scale with three sharps
What is A Major?
This is when the performer plays two consecutive notes over and over in quick succession
What is a trill?
What is tempo?
This is when 3 notes are fit into 2/3 of the amount of beats they would normally take up
What is a triplet?
This is playing smoothly
What is legato?
This note is the sixth scale degree of the D Minor scale
What is B flat?
This symbol tells the performer to continue hold out the note until the conductor motions for them to stop
What is a fermata?
This is when the performer plays two notes at once
What is a double stop?
This is when the performer plays off the beat of the song
What is syncopation?
This is when the performer slides their hand to be higher on the fingerboard
What is shifting?
This is a type of scale that includes a minor third and a major seventh
What is a harmonic minor scale?
This symbol tells the performer to bounce the bow off the string
What is spiccato?
This is the clef the viola plays in
What is the alto clef?
This type of note is sometimes called a semiquaver
What is a sixteenth note?
This is the only mode without a perfect fifth
What is locrian?