Musical Vocab
What allegro means
The three symbols that can represent an accidental AND how long they apply to the music
What is a sharp, flat, and natural; one full measure
The names of the TWO parts of the instrument that tune the strings
What are the fine tuners and pegs
The word describing all musicians playing the same notes and rhythm
What is unison
The name of the bowing that is played with two (or more) bowed notes in the same direction with a stop in between
What is a hooked bow
The symbol that describes the gradual decrease in volume
What is a decrescendo
The name of the symbol that represents holding a note longer than indicated (until the conductor cuts you off)
What is a fermata
What rosin is made of
What is tree sap
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 time signature known as 2/2
What is cut time
The word that indicates the gradual increase of a tempo
What is an accelerando
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 bump at the top of each string instrument's fingerboard
What is the nut
The number of beats generally shown by a conductor when playing a piece in 6/8 time
What is two
The frequency that we tune our A's to (measured in Hertz)
What is 440 Hertz
The name of the articulation that indicates a bouncing bow
What is spiccato
The name of the symbol/technique that indicates sliding a finger up or down the fingerboard to a specific note
What is a glissando
The small wooden dowel that can be seen through the F-holes that holds your instrument together
What is the sound post
What MFOM stands for
What is Mahopac Friends of Music
The name for when a piece switches between two different time signatures
What is mixed meter
The full term for D.C. al Fine AND what it indicates
What is Da Capo al Fine; return to the beginning and play until the fine
What three slashes through the stem of a note is called AND what it indicates
What is tremolo; play as many notes as quickly as possible within the rhythm
The name of the metal part of the bow that connects the bow hair to the frog
What is the ferrule
The name of the composer OR arranger of "Allegro in D"
Who is Antonio Vivaldi OR Steven Frackenpohl
The name of any TWO pieces that the 6th or 7th Grade Orchestra performed at either the Winter or Spring Concert
What is Exhilaration, Rustic Dance, March of the Shadows, Dragon Fire, Sky Islands, Dance of Fire, Dramatic Essay, or Ablaze