Note Names
The first note in the musical alphabet
What is A?
This note gets 1 beat
What is a quarter note.
Curving your thumb, curving your pinky (if you are an upper string), and having relaxed fingers on top of the bow.
What is bow hold?
Cursive letters that tell you how soft or how loud you are supposed to play.
What are dynamics?
The Italian words for plucking.
What is pizzicato?
There are ____ letters in the musical alphabet
What is 7?
This note gets 4 beats.
What is a whole note?
Played with separated, detached bow style with a space between each note.
What is staccato?
A style of playing where you place emphasis on a note.
What is an accent?
This tells you what sharps and flats are in the song.
What is the key signature?
This is the second accidental in the D Major scale.
What is C#?
This kind of rest receives half of a beat.
What is an eighth rest?
A left hand motion that adds expression to your tone.
What is vibrato?
The __________ belongs at the end of a piece to tell you it is finished.
What is the double bar?
This term is two half steps combined.
What is a whole step?
The accidental that is in F major scale.
What is Bb?
This kind of note gets half of a beat
What is an eighth note?
When you slide your left hand smoothly and lightly to a new location on the fingerboard.
What is shifting?
Appears beside the clef and the key signature that informs the player how to count and the main beat.
What is a time signature?
This term tells you to gradually slow down.
What is ritardando?
This diagram tells you the order of all the accidentals in every musical scale.
What is circle of 5ths?
This is the term for an exciting style of rhythms used in music genres such as bossa nova, pop, jazz, and rock.
What is syncopation?
Weight, speed, contact point, bow hold, and bow angle all influence the type of sound you make.
What is tone?
A symbol that tells you to go to a very specific part of your music at the very bottom of your page.
What is the coda?
This tempo marking tells you to play fast.
What is allegro?