Instruments
This smallest and highest-pitched instrument in the string family
What is the violin?
There are ______ notes in the "Musical Alphabet."
What is 7? (a, b, c, d, e, f, g)
This is the term for the speed of the beat in a piece of music.
What is tempo?
This is the largest instrument in the string family.
What is the Bass?
This is the name of the wooden stick used to play string instruments?
What is the bow?
This Italian term means to pluck the string with your fingers.
This is the set of five horizontal lines and four spaces used to notate music.
What is a staff?
This is the term for silence in music.
What is a rest?
Which of the following is not in the orchestra? Violin, Viola, Guitar, Cello, Bass
What is a guitar???
This Italian word tells musicians to play softly/quietly.
What is piano?
This is the material used for the hair on a bow.
What is horsehair?
This symbol at the beginning of a staff determines which instruments will read the music.
What is a clef?
In 4/4 time, this note receives 4 beats.
What is a whole note?
This composer is best known for his orchestral suite "The Planets."
Who is Gustav Holst
What does Mr. Heredia mostly play?
What is the violin?
This part of a string instrument is on the sides of the scroll, and is used when instruments need a lot of tuning
What are pegs?
This is the term for the combination of sharps or flats at the beginning of a staff next to the clef?
What is a Key Signature?
F, A, C, E!
This is the term for the first-chair violinist who acts as the leader of the string section.
What is the concert master?
What is the piece of wood in the middle that holds up the strings?
What is a bridge?
What are fine tuners?
What is the name of the # symbol that makes a note slightly higher?
What is a sharp?
This curved line connects two notes of the same pitch.
What is a tie?
How many eighth notes are in four quarter notes?
Eight!
This person stands in front of the orchestra. (What does Mr. Heredia do?)
What is a conductor?