Bow Strokes
This bow stroke involves smoothly separating each note without slurring, using one bow stroke per note.
What is détaché?
He composed “The Four Seasons,” one of the most famous works for strings.
Who is Antonio Vivaldi?
In music, this term refers to the speed of the beat, often measured in beats per minute.
What is tempo?
This six-string fretted instrument is played by plucking or strumming and is one of the most widely used instruments in Western popular and classical music.
What is the guitar?
Located at the top end of a string instrument, this carved piece often features a swirly design.
What is the scroll?
This bow stroke, meaning “detached” in Italian, separates each note with a stop in the bow’s movement.
What is staccato?
This composer’s “Brandenburg Concertos” include several works featuring string ensembles.
Who is Johann Sebastian Bach?
This Italian term means “getting gradually louder.”
What is crescendo?
This small guitar-like instrument from Hawaii has four strings and is popular in folk and pop music.
What is the ukulele?
The 2 ways to adjust the tuning of some string instruments.
What are fine tuners and tuning pegs?
This stroke involves rapidly moving the bow back and forth in small, trembling motions, creating a shimmering sound.
What is tremolo?
Known for his string quartets, this Austrian composer wrote 68 of them, helping define the genre.
Who is Joseph Haydn?
The change to a note with a sharp or flat.
What raises/lowers a note by a half step?
This large, triangular string instrument is played by plucking with the fingers and is often featured in orchestras, chamber music, and solo performances.
What is the harp?
This part is the long, flat surface where players press the strings to change the pitch.
What is the fingerboard?
This bow stroke is played with the hair and wood of the bow striking the string, producing a percussive, snapping sound
What is col legno?
This Russian composer’s “Serenade for Strings in C Major” remains a Romantic-era favorite.
Who is Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky?
This scale consists entirely of half steps.
What is the chromatic scale?
This Appalachian folk instrument has a long neck, frets, and is played by plucking or strumming.
What is the banjo?
Found at the bottom of the instrument, this piece anchors the strings.
What is the tailpiece?
A stroke where the bow is drawn slowly near the bridge to produce a glassy, eerie tone.
What is sul ponticello?
This American composer’s “Adagio for Strings” is one of the most performed pieces in modern classical repertoire.
Who is Samuel Barber?
The order of sharps.
BONUS - each team answers, the team with the most correct gets double points. The order of flats may also count towards the total.
What is FCGDAEB?
What is BEADGCF?
This 18th-century keyboard instrument produces sound by plucking strings with quills when keys are pressed.
What is the harpsichord?
This thin piece of wood is glued under the strings near the bridge to help transmit vibrations to the body.
What is the soundpost?