Violin and Bow
Time Machine
Significant Symbols
Closely Related
Orchestra Safari
100
This part of the bow shares its name with an amphibian
What is the frog?
100
Waltzes are usually written in this time signature
What is 3/4 time?
100
This symbol tells us to emphasize these notes with a stronger, louder sound at the beginning of the note
What is an accent?
100
This is the number of half steps you count down from the major key to find the relative minor key
What is three half steps?
100
This is the largest string instrument in the orchestra
What is the bass?
200
The fine tuners are located on top of this part of the violin
What is the tailpiece?
200
When the eighth note is worth one beat, this number is used as the bottom number in the time signature
What is 8?
200
Hold this note or rest for at least the amount of beats it's worth
What is a fermata?
200
The name of the minor key with this key signature:
What is B minor?
200
Sometimes called maestro, this is the person who leads and guides the orchestra
What is the conductor?
300
The part of the bow used to play spiccato (bouncing bow)
What is the lower half?
300
A half note takes up a whole measure in this time signature
What is 2/4 time?
300
A straight line above each note. This word means to hold or sustain.
What is tenuto?
300
Both this major key and this minor key have no sharps or flats in the key signature
What are C major and A minor?
300
This is the only string instrument that uses alto clef
What is the viola?
400
It's helpful to point this part of the violin towards the music while you play
What is the scroll?
400
This is another name for 2/2 time
What is cut time?
400
What is a trill?
400
The relative minor of F major
What is D minor?
400
This is the title of the first chair of the first violin section
What is the concertmaster or concertmistress?
500
The part of the bow used when playing col legno
What is the bow stick or wood?
500
In 3/8 time, this note would take up an entire measure by itself
What is a dotted quarter note?
500
This symbol tells us to play an octave higher than what's written
What is 8va?
500
G major and E minor have this sharp in common
What is F sharp?
500
This string instrument reads music in bass, tenor, and treble clef
What is the cello?