8th Gr Orchestra SLO Practice

All musicians playing together

• tutti

• soli

• a2

• tenuto

a note played with this symbol can be held for as long as desired

• tenuto

• legato

• fermata

• sforzando

Each note sharply detached from the others

• spiccato

• staccato

• hooked bow

• portamento

Hitting the strings with the stick of the bow

• portamento

• ponticello

• spiccato

• col legno

a fast tempo

• allegro

• andante

• maestoso

• adagio

Playing with the bow hair closest to the bridge

• portamento

• hooked bow

• ponticello

• col legno

slightly lifting/bouncing the bow after each note

• hooked bow

• staccato

• marcato

• spiccato

Sliding from one note to another

• legato

• portamento

• ponticello

• ritardando

A very slow tempo

• andante

• adagio

• ritardando

• largo

a chord that is comprised of scale degree numbers 5, 7, 2,

• tonic

• subdominant

• dominant

• supertonic