Orchestra
Conductor
String Family
Parts of Violin
Features of musical performance
100
This person helps the conductor tune the violins.
Who is the concert master?
100
This person leads the orchestra.
Who is the conductor?
100
This is the smallest member of the string family.
What is a violin?
100
This part of the violin has no purpose except for decoration.
What is the scroll?
100
This word means the speed of the music.
What is tempo?
200
This is the largest family of instruments in the orchestra.
What is the string family?
200
The two beat pattern the conductor uses is called this.
What is a duple?
200
This is the largest member of the string family.
What is a double bass, bass, contrabass, or string bass?
200
This part is used to tune the string instruments.
What is a tuning peg or peg?
200
This is what the volume of the music is called.
What is dynamics?
300
This is the instrument family that sits at the back of the orchestra.
What is the percussion section?
300
The three beat pattern used by the conductor is called this.
What is a triple?
300
This instrument sits next to the violins in the orchestra.
What is the viola?
300
main body of the violin
What is the soundboard?
300
This means how loudly different sections of the orchestra play compared to each other.
What is balance?
400
This instrument sits to the left of the trumpets.
What is the French horn?
400
The four beat pattern used by the conductor is called this.
What is a quadruple?
400
This instrument sits in front of the double basses.
What is the cello?
400
This is used to connect the strings near the bottom of the violin.
What is the tailpiece?
400
This means showing the emotions in the music.
What is expression?
500
This family of instruments sits behind the string section.
What is the woodwind family?
500
This is how sharply or gently the players begin their notes.
What is articulation?
500
This early name for the string instruments means instruments with tightly stretched strings
What is a chordophone?
500
This isused to rub the strings to make the sound.
What is a bow?
500
The conductor does this to show groups of players when to begin playing.
What are giving cues or cues?
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