Rhythmic Values
Common Terms
Bowing Terms
Time Signatures
Key Signature
100

What note value represents one beat in 4/4 time?

What is a quarter note?

100

This term means to play loud.

What is forte (f)?

100

What is it called when you start moving the bow from the tip toward the frog.

What is an up bow?

100

What does the top number of a time signature tell you?

What is how many beats per measure?

100

What Major key signature has no sharps and no flats?

What is C Major?

200

How many beats does a half note receive?

What is 2 beats?

200

This term means to pluck the string.

What is pizzicato?

200

What is the bowing term for short, separated, and on the string?

What is staccato?

200

What does the bottom number of a time signature tell you?

What is what type of note gets the beat?

200

How many sharps are in D Major?

What are 2 sharps?

300

What is the rhythmic value of a whole note in 4/4 time?

What is 4 beats?

300

This term means to raise a note by a half step?

What is a sharp?

300

This technique happens when a curved line connects more than one note in the same bow stroke.

What is a slur?

300

What is the most common time signature used?

What is 4/4?

300

G Major has how many sharps?

What is 1 sharp?

400

What is the rhythmic value of a dotted half note? 

What is 3 beats?

400

This term means to gradually get louder.

What is crescendo?

400

This technique is accomplished by adding emphasis to a note by giving slightly more weight at the beginning of the note.

What is an accent.

400

In 6/8 time, what note gets the beat?

What is the eighth note?

400

Name the sharps in the order they are added to the key signature.  Hint there are 7 of them.

What is F C G D A E B

(Fat Cats Go Down Alleys Eating Birds)

500

How many beats does a dotted quarter note receive?

Whaat is 1 1/2 beats?

500

This term means to return to the beginning and then play to the coda.

What is Da Capo al Coda (D.C. al Coda)

500

This is the term for notes that are smooth and connected.

What is Legato?

500

If your time signature is 8/1, what type of note gets the beat?

What is a whole note?

500

Name the flats in the order they are added to the key signature.

What is B E A D G C F