String Instrument Parts

String Instrument Parts

Parts of the Instrument

We are going to review the parts of the instrument and then see what you remember!

This is a violin.

Do you remember the parts of the violin?

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And the piece of wood, right at the bottom of the pegbox, under the strings?

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The black part, where your

fingers play on the strings

is called the...

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Behind the fingerboard, this is called the.....

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You are doing great!

The fancy curly holes are called...

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And, the thing in the middle that holds the strings up?

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The end of the strings are connected to the.....

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You can turn these and it will tune your instrument,

but you can't break a string -

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Even though your jaw rests on this, it is called...

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This round thing at the end holds the tail piece on. It is called...

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The cello and bass don't have an end button.

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What is missing from this violin?

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What is missing from this violin?

• scroll

• nut

• chinrest

• tailpiece

The bow!

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The part of the bow you shouldn't touch...

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The square part that the hair is attached to...

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The thing that you can turn at the very end of the bow is called the

• tip

• stick

• hair

• end screw

Violins and violas can have different types of these things that go on the back of the instrument.

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Cellos and basses don't use a shoulder rest - that would be silly!

They need a....

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This is a _____

• doughnut

• rock

• rockstop

• frisbee