Musical Vocab
The word that indicates a gradual slow down
What is ritardando
The meaning of a dot located above or below a note head
What is staccato (short)
The part of the instrument that winds the strings up to tune them (located near the scroll)
What is a peg
The word for playing notes short (dot above or below note)
What is stacatto
The difference between a slur and a tie
What is a slur connects two notes of different pitches and a tie connects two notes of the same pitch
The meaning of "D.S. al Coda"
What is return to the sign and play until "to Coda," then jump to the Coda to finish the piece (as Ms. Cain says... "da sign!")
The definition of an accent AND what you must to do play one
What is a strong start to a note; pronate
The metal rod that comes out of the bottom of cellos and basses to hold them up
What is an endpin
The name for the stick the conductor uses to keep time and cue players in
What is baton
The name AND definition of "ff"
What is Fortissimo and to play very loud
The name of the device that clicks the tempo
What is metronome
The curved line that connects notes (both names) and the difference between the two
What is a tie and a slur (ties are played as one note that's held for the value of both and slurs are two or more notes played in the same bow)
The name of the small wooden part of the instrument that holds up the strings
What is the bridge
The names of each clef that our string instruments read in (violin, viola, cello & bass)
What is treble clef (violin), alto clef (viola), and bass clef (cello & bass)
The definition of the phrase "col legno"
What is to play with the wood of the bow
The word for gradually getting louder
What is crescendo
What three slashes through a note is called AND what it indicates
What is tremolo; play as many notes as quickly as possible within the rhythm
The name for the small screws at the bottom of each string that we learned how to turn recently
What is fine tuners
The value that a dot next to a note adds
What is half of the value of the note
The key signature for Bb Major
What is a Bb and Eb (2 flats)
The word that means slide your lift hand finger up or down the string to create a siren sound
What is glissando
The word that describes a squiggly line at a diagonal (upwards or downwards) AND what it indicates
What is a glissando AND slide up or down the string with a finger down on the string
The wooden dowel that can be seen through the F-holes that holds your instrument together
What is the sound post
The name of the composer of Gargoyles
What is Doug Spata
The name of any TWO pieces that the 6th or 8th Grade Orchestra performed at the Spring Concert
What is Mystical Beasts, Starlit Night, Fiddles on Fire, Stone Mountain Stomp, Jupiter, Legends of Glory