Tempo indications
Allegro moderato means to play ____________.
What is "moderately fast?"
The interval from C to E is called this.
What is a (major) third?
This major key has 2 flats
What is Bb major?
The act of moving back and forth from position to position.
What is "shifting?"
This Classical composer produced 41 symphonies.
Who is "Mozart?"
The interval from A to D is called this.
This major key has 5 flats.
What is Db major?
The French word loure' means the same as the Italian word _________.
What is 'portato?'
This Baroque composer wrote several dance suites for a solo instrument.
Who is J. S. Bach?
"Con moto" means....
The interval from A to E is called this.
What is a Perfect 5th?
This major key has 5 sharps.
What is B major?
When you press your finger lightly upon specific parts of the string, it produces this.
What is a 'harmonic?'
This Russian composer produced some well-known ballets accompanied by an orchestra. Clue: Animal. Clue: Walnuts.
Who is Tchaikovsky?
Vivace and Presto are examples of what kind of speeds/tempos?
What is a "very fast" tempo?
What is a (minor) 6th?
This minor key has 4 flats.
What is F minor?
A term for connecting two of the same or different notes together in the same direction but with a re-articulation of each note, such as a staccato or loure' bowing.
What is a hooked-slur? (Also known as portato, or loure')
This composer wrote a bunch of Hungarian Dances for piano, and then orchestrated for orchestra, even though he was not Hungarian.
If something ends in -issimo, it means what?
What is "to play more of____ tempo?"
The interval from A to B# is called this.
What is an "augmented second?"
F major has how many sharps or flats in it?
What is "one?"
If my first finger is on the D string playing an E, and I move to fourth position and play a third finger, what note am I playing when I am in D major?
What is a "C?"
Which composer wrote over 100 symphonies, and was know as the Father of the String Quartet?
Who is "(Papa) Franz Josef Haydn?"