Orchestral Potpourri
A symphony orchestra based out of New York City.
What is the New York Philharmonic?
Bow hair is traditionally crafted from this material material
What is horse hair?
This is the clef that cello and bass music is usually written in.
What is bass clef?
What are A, D, and G?
Work with your team: Hot Cross Buns
F#, E, D, rest, F#, E, D, rest, D x 4, E x 4, F#, E, D, rest.
This key has no sharps or flats.
Perform with your team.
What is C Major?
A device that supports the strings on a musical instrument and transmits the vibrations to another part of the body
What is the bridge?
The cello and bass share these strings.
What are G, D, and A?
The lowest note that you can play on a viola,
The lowest note that you can play on a violin.
What is C on the viola, and G on the violin?
Play any one lesson book exercise with your group... correctly and accurately!
What is _______?
A bow stroke where the bow stops on the string. Each note is separated.
Demonstrate with a D major scale.
What is staccato?
The decoratively carved beginning of the neck of certain stringed instruments, usually resemble a spiral
What is the scroll?
The strings of a cello, from lowest to highest.
What is C, G, D, and A?
This is the name of the clef viola music is usually written in.
What is alto clef?
#TBT: Play a portion of any old orchestra piece (8 measures)
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An increasingly popular material used in orchestra bows as an alternative to wood.
What is carbon fiber?
This wooden dowel is found inside an instrument, and is held between the face and the back of the instrument to convey vibrations
What is the sound post?
An adjustable rod coming out of the bottom of a cello or bass.
What is an end pin?
What are fine tuners?
Work with your team to figure out the notes to a popular song/melody.
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This composer was completely deaf by the time of the debut performance of his well known Symphony No. 9?
Who is Beethoven?
The narrow decorative edge inlaid into the top plate and often the back plate of a stringed instrument.
What is the perfling?
This is the technique used to move your hand from a lower position to a higher position.
What is shifting?
These are crucial for viola and violin players to achieve excellent instrument posture, they can be sponges or plastic with foam.
What are shoulder rests?
Work with your team to play a TV/movie/video game tune.
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