Performing Direction

What is the meaning of Arco?

• Resume the use of the bow after a pizzicato passage

• Pluck the strings with your finger

• Use the wood of the bow to play

• Use the mute

Which term below indicate using of the mute?

• Glissando

• Pizzicato

• Con sordini

• Senza Sordini

What is the meaning of double stopping?

• Bounce the bow up and down of two strings

• Stopping and playing 2 strings at the same time

• Plucking the strings with finger

• Play on the G string

Portamento means?

• Quivering the bow very rapidly

• Bowing the string very near the bridge

• Making every note light and short

• Playing 2 different notes on the same strings by gliding the finger along the two position

Glissando means?

• Sliding the fingers along the bow

• Rapid sliding of the fingers along the string

• Use the wood of the bow to play

• Slide the bow across the string

冖 means?

• Play up bow

• Play down bow

• Play with no bow

• Play smoothly

Vibrato means?

• stopping the string by shaking the left hand to make the tone warmer

• Making the note light and short

• Bowing near the bridge

• Quivering the bow rapidly

V means what for a string player?

• Down bow

• Up bow

• No bow

• Pluck the strings

Tremolo means?

• Glide through the string

• Bounce on the bow

• Quivering the bow quickly to produce shivering effect

• Up bow

Sul G means ?

• Play on the G string

• Play on the A string

• Don’t touch the string

• Touch the string lightly