Note Names
This is the note played with 3 on the D string for cellos or 4 for basses.
What is F#?
This kind of note is worth one beat.
What is a quarter note?
This is the number of 6th graders in orchestra this year.
What is 41?
This is the name of the top, decorative part of your instrument.
What is the scroll?
This dynamic is one notch softer than fortissimo.
What is forte?
This is the note played with first finger on the A string.
What is B?
This is worth two beats of silence.
What is a half rest?
This is the number of violinists in 6th grade orchestra this year.
To make small adjustments when tuning, you use these.
What are fine tuners?
This dynamic is between mezzoforte and piano.
What is mezzopiano?
You get this note by playing second finger on G.
What is B natural?
You can fit four of these into one beat.
What are 16th notes?
This is the number of cellists in 6-8th grade orchestra this year?
What is 43?
This is held down only by the weight of the strings.
What is the bridge?
This dynamic translates as "medium soft."
What is mezzopiano?
This is the note you get when you play 4th finger on the D string on cello. Or the first finger on the G string for basses.
What is G?
You can fit eight of these into a whole note.
What are 8th notes?
This is the number of violists in 7th grade orchestra this year.
What is 33?
Rosin is made from this.
What is tree sap?
This dynamic is three notches louder than piano.
What is forte?
This is the note on the first line of the bass clef.
What is G?
Two of these would fill an entire measure of silence in 4/4 time.
What are half rests?
This is the total number of JH orchestra musicians this year.
What is 57?
These are the strings attached to the lower (closer to the body of the instrument) two pegs of your violin.
What are E and G?