Scales
The first note in the musical alphabet
What is A?
This note gets two full beats in 4/4 time.
What is a half note?
The highest voice in the string family.
What is a violin?
This symbol instructs you to play the note higher by one half step.
What is a sharp?
The upper number on a time signature tells you this.
What is how many beats in a measure?
There are ____ letters in the musical alphabet
What is 7?
This note lasts for 4 full beats.
What is a whole note?
This is the safest part of the instrument to hold.
What is the neck?
This symbol instructs you to lower the note by one half step.
What is a flat?
The bottom number on the time signature tells you this.
What note is equal to one beat?
These are the sharps in the D Major Scale.
What is F# and C#?
This note receives 3 full beats in 4/4 time.
What is a dotted half note?
This is the only string instrument in the orchestra that uses the alto clef to read notes.
What is a viola?
This symbol cancels out a sharp or flat.
What is a natural?
This is the smallest distance between two notes.
What is a half step?
These are the sharps in the G Major scale.
What is F#?
These notes make two sounds, but equal only one beat total in 4/4 time.
What are two eighth notes?
This part of the instrument is used to make small adjustments to the pitch of the strings.
What are the fine tuners?
This word instructs you to play with the bow.
What is arco?
This is the symbol that tells you which notes are sharp or flat.
What is the key signature?
These are the sharps in the C Major scale.
What are no sharps?
Count and clap 2 quarter notes, 2 eighth notes, and one quarter note.
1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and
This part of the instrument can be found on its inside, allowing vibrations to travel from the top of the instrument to the back of the instrument.
What is a sound post?
The __________ belongs at the end of a piece to tell you it is finished.
What is a double bar?
This is the interval from low D to high D.
What is an octave?