Articulations
A short/light or detached/disconnected bow stroke.
What is a staccato bow stroke?
This is the very first song we learned to play.
What is the Eagles song?
This is the direction that you have to turn the screw in your bow to loosen it.
What is to the left?
Definition: to use the bow to play the instrument.
What is Arco?
Mr. Tuning graduated from this university, known for being bolder than all the rest.
What is CU Boulder (University of Colorado Boulder)
A long/smooth or connected bow stroke.
What is a tenuto bow stroke?
The first piece of music that we learned with the G string notes is titled this.
What is Barcarolle?
The term for the first thing we play in class to help us get ready for the lesson of the day.
What is a warmup?
Definition: Playing multiple notes under one bow direction.
What is a slur?
There are this many months left of school.
What is 2 months?
When a staccato dot is above or below a note it tells you to play the note this way.
What is light/detached/separate/disconnected/short?
This bonus song handed out a few weeks ago has multiple instances of playing three notes in one beat. It comes from a very popular movie franchise.
What is the theme from Star Wars?
The direction you have to turn the screw in your bow to tighten the horse hair.
What is to the right?
Definition: when we play the same music at separate times.
What is a round?
The fourth instrument in the orchestra family is called this, it is spelled the same way as a common fish found in lakes and rivers.
What is the bass?
The tenuto mark above or below a note tell you to play the note in this way.
What is long/smooth/connected/full?
The very first note of Buffalo Gals starts on this bow direction.
What is an up bow?
The amount of times you should swipe your rosin and the frequency you should rosin your bow.
What is 3-4 times and every other day?
Definition: one beat of rest.
What is a quarter rest?
In the front row of our November concert, there were this many chairs.
What is 8 chairs?
When the music has tenutos over each of the notes, we are playing in this style. Not to be confused for the Spanish word for "the cat".
What is Legato style?
The first tie in Barcarolle is held for this many beats.
What is 5 beats?
What is loosen the horse hair.
Definition: a note held for 3 beats.
What is a dotted half note?
This is the month in which Mr. Tuning has his birthday, coincidentally, it is also the same month that America has its birthday (but Mr. Tuning's birthday is way cooler and more important, obviously)
What is July?