Music Terms
This term means to gradually get louder
What is crescendo?
This composer wrote Ode to Joy
Who is Beethoven?
Name the highest-pitched instrument in the orchestra
What is the violin?
This is what musicians use to mark their music
What is a pencil?
Name the animal's hair that is used for the bow
What is a horse?
This word tells musicians how fast or slow to play a piece
What is tempo?
This composer wrote The Nutcracker
Who is Tchaikovsky?
Name the instrument that uses the treble clef
What is the violin?
This person gives the tuning note to the orchestra
What is a concertmaster?
Name an instrument that isn't in the string family
Answers vary (flute, oboe, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, etc.)
This term means to gradually slow down
What is rit. / rall.?
This composer wrote Hungarian Dance No. 5
Who is Brahms?
Name the four main string orchestra instruments
What are the violin, viola, cello, and double bass?
This is when each section rehearses separately from the full orchestra
What is a sectional?
Name something you should never do with your instrument
Answers vary (sit on it, leave it on the floor, etc.)
This tells musicians what accidentals the notes in the piece have.
What is key signature?
This composer wrote The Planets
Who is Holst?
Name the instrument that has the largest pitch range
What is the cello?
This is the process of deciding which direction everyone's bows move
What is bowing?
Name someone Mrs. Gates is related to
Bill Gates
This marking tells musicians to return to the beginning of a piece
What is da capo?
This composer wrote Finlandia
Who is Sibelius?
Name the instrument with the same string names as the violin
This is what you do when you make a mistake in a concert
What is keep playing?
Name the RHSO President
Isla!