Key Signatures
The key with one flat
What is F major?
What is the Iditarod
What is the famous Alaskan sled dog race?
Hooked bow
Like a tie or slur marked with a dot - 2 notes in the same bow direction with a stop in between
What you should not (and should) do with a long note
Don't sit on it - shape it/phrase it
Hold a note to its absolute maximum length
tenuto
The key with 5 sharps
What is B major?
The story to which Tonight/West Side Story is connected. Give: author, title, scene connected to Tonight
Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
Tony and Maria = Romeo and Juliet
Balcony Scene on the fire escape
Bouncing the bow
The word for a repeated musical pattern (with example)
What is an ostinato (Sweet Dreams)?
The rhythmic pattern that stresses the weak beat (Where is there an example?)
What is syncopation (Coventry Carol)
The key signature of Ab major
What key has 3 flats?
Historically speaking, another way the opening melody is used
What is the French Carol "March of the Kings"?
Marcato
Marked; accented
Components of a good shift
What are: well supported instrument, relaxed hand, whole hand moves, release and slide and place, no leaping
grace notes
Small embellishment notes that happen quickly before another note
The notes of an E major scale
What is E, F#, G#, A, B, C#, D#, E
The country of origin for Hashivenu
What is Israel?
Portato/loure
Multiple notes in the same bow direction with not not full stop between. Between hook and slur/tie. Pulsing.
The order of whole and half steps in a major scale
W W H W W W H
con moto
with motion
What are the notes to an F (natural - key signature matching) minor scale?
What is F, G, Ab, Bb, C, Db, Eb, F
4 strategies for improving intonation
The word for "normal bowing"
Detache
5 essentials to a strong sense of ensemble/musicianship
What are listening, watching, matching bows, awareness of other sections, breathing, balance, matching intonation/articulation, subdividing?
stagger bow