Terminology
A note outside the Key Signature
What is an accidental?
The piece everyone hated so we cut it from the program.
What is Fantastic Beasts and where to find them?
What Ms. McComsey forgot at the concert
What is her bass Guitar?
What you turn to change the pitch a lot.
What is tuning pegs?
The temperature that wooden instruments should be stored at (within 10 degrees)
What is around 65 degrees Fahrenheit ?
The title of the first chair first violin in an orchestra.
What is the concert master?
The band that performed Counting Stars.
Who is OneRepublic?
Ms. McComsey's favorite color
What is purple?
The piece of wood that holds the strings up
What is the bridge?
The worst time to replace your strings
What is the day of the concert?
The first key/scale strings learn to play
What is D major?
The "theme" of the orchestra music according to some members of the orchestra (because of the titles of 3 of the pieces).
What is Ms. McComsey's biggest concert related fear?
The vertical rod inside a string instrument to transmit vibrations.
What is a sound post?
What string players should do to their strings after they're done playing.
What is wipe off the rosin?
The beat/notes prior to the beginning of a measure.
What is a pickup note? (or anacrusis if you feel like being fancy!)
The movie that has Moondance in it?
What is August Rush
Who Ms. McComsey spends the most time with outside of school/family.
Who is Jill?
The part of the fingerboard near the scroll that raises the strings off the fingerboard.
What is the nut?
The word for an instrument repair person that works specifically on strings
What is a luthier?
The definition of Andante
What is "walking" tempo.
The piece that was composed by a woman.
What is Sweet New Moon?
Ms. McComsey's least favorite instrument.
What is the Saxophone?
What materials are the bow stick typically made of?
Pernambuco wood, carbon fiber, fiberglass.
What little piece of wood in the bow is most likely responsible for holding the bow hair in?
What is the mortice or spread wedge?