String Instrument Basics
The name of the wooden stick with hair that is used to make the strings vibrate
What is the bow?
The number of half steps that make up a whole step
What is 2?
True or False: The hair on the bow should be loose when being stored.
What is true?
This musical symbol means to hold the note/rest until the conductor shows to move on
What is a fermata?
The smallest instrument in the strings family
What is the violin?
The name of the black board where your fingers press the strings
What is the fingerboard?
The number of strings on all four orchestra instruments
What is 4?
The technique used to pluck the strings instead of bowing them
What is pizzicato?
This term means to play smoothly and connected
What is legato?
The name of the black plastic piece that sits at the bottom part of the violin or viola
What is a chin rest or jaw rest?
The name of the part of the bow that you hold
What is the frog?
The letter that comes after G in the musical alphabet
What is A?
The location that your bow touches the strings for the best sound quality
What is between the fingerboard and the bridge?
This symbol tells the player the note is raised a half step
What is a sharp?
The name of the person who leads the orchestra
What is a conductor?
The curved part that keeps the strings raised above the fingerboard
What is the bridge?
The number of notes in a major scale
What is 8?
This bow direction moves from frog to the bow tip
What is a down bow?
This dynamic marking means soft
What is piano?
The name of the composer who became deaf and continued composing
Who is Beethoven?
The name of the part of the instrument that connects the strings to the tuning pegs
What is the scroll?
The number of total key signatures that are playable
What is 15?
This fingering technique creates a warm, wobbly sound
What is vibrato?
This word at the beginning of a piece (and sometimes throughout one) indicates how fast or slow the piece is taken
What is a tempo marking?
This composer was a child prodigy and began composing at a young age
Who is Mozart?