Rhythmic Values
This note represents one beat in common time.
What is a quarter note?
This term means to play loud.
What is forte (f)?
When you start moving the bow from the tip toward the frog, we call it this.
What is an up bow?
The top number of a time signature refers to this.
What is how many beats per measure?
When playing in this key, there are no sharps or flats.
What is C Major?
This number represents the number of beats in a half note in 4/4 time.
What is 2 beats?
This term means to pluck the string.
What is pizzicato?
If asked to bow in short, separated style, we refer to it as this.
What is staccato?
The bottom number in a time signature refers to this.
What is what type of note gets the beat?
When playing in this key, there is only an F# and a C#.
What are 2 sharps?
This number represents a whole note's value in 4/4 time.
What is 4 beats?
This term means to raise a note by a half step?
What is a sharp?
This technique happens when a curved line connects more than one note in the same bow stroke.
What is a slur?
This is referred to as "common" time.
What is 4/4?
This key uses F# only, and uses a low-2 on the A and E strings of the violin.
What is 1 sharp?
This is the rhythmic value of a dotted half note.
What is 3 beats?
This term means to gradually get louder.
What is crescendo?
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?
In a 6/8 time signature, this is how many parts one can divide each beat.
What is three parts?
If asked to name the order of the sharps, you would say them in this order.
What is F C G D A E B
(Fat Cats Go Down Alleys Eating Birds)
This is how long a fermata is played.
What is as long as the conductor desires?
This term means to return to the beginning and then play to the coda.
What is Da Capo al Coda (D.C. al Coda)
This is the term for notes that are smooth and connected.
What is Legato?
If your time signature is 8/1, this note value receives the beat.
What is a whole note?
If asked to name the order of the sharps, you would say them in this order.
What is B E A D G C F