Name that Instrument
This is the smallest but most plentiful instrument in the string family.
What is the violin?
True or false: the Viola is the smallest of the string family.
What is False?
The bigger the instrument the ______ the sound.
What is lower?
This is the hand that holds the strings.
What is the left hand?
This instrument makes the lowest sound in the orchestra.
What is the string bass?
True or False: String Bass can have up to 5 strings.
What is True?
The smaller the instrument the ______ the sound.
What is higher?
This is the hand that holds the bow.
What is the right hand?
This instrument has slightly thicker and longer strings than the violin and is slightly larger than the violin.
What is the viola?
True or False: When a string player sees the word "Pizzicato" in their music they should play their instrument with the Bow.
What is false?
Define timbre.
What is how each instrument sounds?
Sound is produced this way with string instruments.
What is vibration from the strings?
This instrument requires you to sit to play it.
What is the cello?
This instrument is propped on the floor and is played sitting down.
What is the cello?
Who was one of the most famous Violin makers?
Who is Stradivari?
Define the act of composing.
What is a purposeful, thought out, and planned-out piece?
This is the part of the instruments where air vibrates within to help amplify sound.
What is the body of the instrument?
These instruments can be played either sitting for standing. (name all TRADITIONAL instruments)
What is the violin, viola, and string bass?
This instrument's strings are inside of it and sound when struck by a hammer.
What is the piano?
Name the four instruments in the string family.
What is viola, violin, cello, and bass?
Define music.
What is organized sound and silence?
What is a mute?
This word means to play the instruments with the bow.
What is Arco.