Stringstory
Pull Some Strings
Up High
Down Low
String Me Along
100
This is the first plucked string instrument that was created thousands of years ago in Greece.
What is the Lyre?
100
This is the largest instrument family in the orchestra.
What is the String Family?
100
This is the smallest instrument in the String Family shown below.
What is the violin?
100
Cello and Bass are low string instruments that mainly read in this clef.
What is the Bass Clef?
100
This string instrument in the orchestra has 47 strings on it.
What is the Harp or Concert Harp?
200
This God stole cows from Apollo and used their intestines to make the first Lyre.
Who is Hermes?
200
Orchestral strings are empty on the inside. This means they are _________.
What is hollow?
200
When playing Bluegrass or folk music, the violin is referred to by this name.
What is the Fiddle?
200
The cello and bass are too big to be played on the shoulder. Because of this, you have to extend this piece on the floor to make it a good height.
What is end pin?
200
The guitar is believed to develop from this early instrument.
What is the Lute? (or Oud)
300
This is the first bowed string instrument shown below. (Do your best with spelling)
What is the Ravanastron?
300
These are the two main ways to play a string instrument.
What is pluck and bow?
300
The violin and Viola are played on the shoulder. Once in position, you place your head on this part.
What is the chinrest?
300
To play the double bass, you rest the instrument on this body part.
What is your hip/left leg?
300
This is Mr. Bandiera's main instrument.
What is the Trombone?.....and NOT the Harmonica.
400
This man is credited with inventing the Modern-Day Violin in Italy in the mid 1500s.
Who is Andrea Amati?
400
This piece on string instruments holds the strings up at an angle so that each string can be played separately.
What is the Bridge?
400
These two parts on the bow have animal names.
What is frog and horse hair?
400
This is the cello's full name.
What is violoncello?
400
This is the string instrument shown below that comes from India.
What is the Sitar?
500
This violin shown below is one of a few hundred violins sold for millions of dollars, created by this man.
Who is Antonio Stradivari?
500
These cutouts in string instruments allow the sound to bounce around inside the body and come back out to the listener's ear.
What are the "f-holes?"
500
The viola is slightly larger and lower than the violin. Because of this, it reads music in this clef.
What is the Alto Clef?
500
The double bass often plays in this genre of music using 4 players.
What is a Jazz Quartet?
500
These are the three main types of guitars.
What is Classical, Electric/Acoustic, and Steel?