Rhythm
With a 4/4 time signature, this is how many beats a QUARTER NOTE gets.
What is 1 ?
Pizzicato
What is to pluck the string?
"V" means to do this
What is an up bow?
This was the last song the full 6th grade played in the concert.
What is Winter Wonderland?
This is how many sharps are in D Major.
What are 2 sharps (F# and C#)?
This is how many quarter notes fit into a half note.
What is 4 ?
This means to play with the bow
What is arco?
A ________ __________ starts from the frog of the bow and moves towards the tip
What is a down bow?
This was the second theme in our version of the Nutcracker.
What is Waltz of the Flowers?
When watching a conductor, beat 1 is always in this direction.
What is down?
This is how many eighth notes fit into a dotted half note.
What is 6?
In a time signature, this tells you which kind of note gets one beat.
What the bottom number of the time signature?
mf; the words in Italian and its definition
What is mezzo forte; medium loud?
In Winter Wonderland, this term means to play the eighth notes unevenly, making the first of two eighth notes longer than the second.
What is to swing the eighth notes?
In a d minor scale, this is how many flats are in the key signature.
What is 1 flat, B-flat?
In 4/4 time, this is how many beats a dotted quarter note gets.
What is 1 1/2 beats?
means speed
What is tempo?
An apostrophe ( ' ) in your music tells you to do this.
What is a bow lift?
This orchestra section(s) has the melody at measure 101 in our version of the Nutcracker.
What are the Cello and Bass sections?
This composer wrote the melody Ode to Joy as part of his Ninth Symphony.
Who is Beethoven?
If you have a half note, a quarter note and an eighth note in a measure of 4/4 time, this is the type of note you would need to add in order to total 4 beats in the measure.
What is an eighth note?
Piano, fortissimo, crescendo, etc. are all types of these markings
What are dynamics?
This means to gradually get softer.
What is a diminuendo or decrescendo?
This orchestra section first has the melody in Gauntlet.
What are the 3rd violins (violas)?
This is how many keys are on the piano
What is 88?