Orch vocab

What is articulation?

• How well the note is in tune

• How long/short the note is played

• What kind of bowing is used

• Where the repeats are

What are three articulations?

• Staccato, legato, accent

• up bow, down bow, hooked bow

• flat, sharp, natural

• repeat, d.c., d.s.

Where is the time signature?

• at home

• at the beginning

• at the end

• in the middle

What does the top number of the key signature tell us?

• How many beats in a measure

• What kind of note is 1 beat

• What notes are sharps/flat

• How many times to play the song

What does the bottom number of the time signature tell us?

• How many beats in a measure

• What kind of note is 1 beat

• What notes are sharps/flat

• How many times to play the song

What is a key signature?

• two numbers at the beginning

• the repeat signs

• the speed of the music

• The sharps/flats at the beginning of the line

What does a sharp do to a note?

• raises it

• Lowers it

• cancels a flat

• repeats the note

What does a flat do to a note?

• raises it

• Lowers it

• cancels a flat

• repeats the note

What does a natural do to a note?

• raises it

• Lowers it

• cancels a flat

• repeats the note

Which are the dynamics from softest to loudest?

• p,mp,mf,f,pp,ff

• pp,p,mp.mf,ff,f

• ff,f,mf,mp,p,pp

• pp,p,mp,mf,f,ff