Repertoire
JH Orchestra
Parts of the Violin
Shifting
Orchestra Potpourri
100

This piece is played by the JH Orchestra annually for 8th grade graduation.

What is Pomp and Circumstance?

100

This is what you cannot chew in orchestra.

What is gum?

100

This is what holds up the strings.

What is the bridge?

100
This position is our "home base" on our instruments.

What is first position?

100

These instruments have a C string.

What are the viola and cello?

200

This piece we performed this school year was partially in the key of C major in 6/8 time.

What is One-Bow Concerto?

200

This is the number of cellists in JH Orchestra.

What is 9?

200

The only way to play this instrument is by sitting on a chair.

What is the cello?

200
This is the position we first learned to shift into.

What is third position?

200

This instrument is sometimes called a fiddle.

What is the violin?

300

This piece we performed in the spring had a slow introduction followed by a fast section.

What is Brigid's Fire?

300

This is the number of bassists in JH Orchestra this year.

What is two?

300

This piece of the violin is where you place your fingers to change notes.

What is the fingerboard?

300

This is a reason why shifting is important.

What is: higher notes, change timbre, more agility, etc.?

300

These instruments have an E string.

What are the violin and bass?

400

This piece incorporated a mixture of pizzicato and arco in G Major.

What is Simple Gifts?
400

This is the number of violists in JH Orchestra this year.

What is eight?

400

This is how we make large tuning adjustments.

What is use the pegs?

400

First finger in half position on the D string produces this note.

What is Eb?

400

This is what you should do with your bow before you play.

What is tighten and/or rosin?

500

This piece from our fall concert used a repeating bow pattern of down-up-up.

What is Sword Dance?

500

This is the total number of students in JH Orchestra this year.

What is 34?

500

In professional orchestras, these instruments are often played by sitting on a stool.

What are the basses?

500
This is what a note is called when it is played not by pressing your finger down, but lightly setting it on the string.

What is a harmonic?

500

This instrument was played by Albert Einstein.

What is the violin?