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Parts of the String Instrument

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the wound, wooden top of the instrument called?

a)

Scroll

b)

Fingerboard

c)

Fine tuners

d)

End button

2.

What are the four dark pieces of wood used to tune the strings located below the scroll? (Students should never turn them!)

a)

Scroll

b)

Fine Tuners

c)

Pegs

d)

End pin

3.

What is the rectangle shaped space that the pegs go into located between the scroll and the nut?

a)

Peg box

b)

F-hole

c)

Soundpost

d)

Fingerboard

4.

What is the black piece of raised wood at the end of the fingerboard that lifts the strings off of the fingerboard?

a)

Tail piece

b)

End button

c)

Soundpost

d)

Nut

5.

What is the wood from the nut to the upperbout called?

a)

Neck

b)

Soundpost

c)

End pin

d)

C bout

6.

What is the long piece of black wood called where you place your fingers to make different notes?

a)

Peg

b)

Tail piece

c)

Surfboard

d)

Fingerboard

7.

What is the "shoulder" of the instrument called?

a)

A bout

b)

Upper bout

c)

Lower bout

d)

C bout

8.

What are the "cut outs" on the sides of the instrument called?

a)

C bouts

b)

f-holes

c)

Upper bouts

d)

Peg box

9.

What are the holes on the top of the instrument called?

a)

F-holes

b)

C bouts

c)

Peg box

d)

End button

10.

What is the stick located inside the instrument called?

a)

Soundpost

b)

Nut

c)

Scroll

d)

Fingerboard

11.

What is the piece of wood that holds up the strings between the fingerboard and the tailpiece?

a)

Nut

b)

Bridge

c)

Tailpiece

d)

Peg

12.

What is the black piece of wood or plastic which holds the fine tuners and strings?

a)

Soundpost

b)

Neck

c)

Nut

d)

Tail piece

13.

What are the black screws that make small adjustments to the pitch (high and low sounds) of the strings?

a)

Fine tuners

b)

Pegs

c)

End pin

d)

Nut

14.

(Violin/Viola only) What is the round piece of wood that the tailpiece loops around?

a)

End round

b)

End pin

c)

End button

d)

End hook

15.

Where does a violin or violist place his or her jaw?

a)

Chin stop

b)

Jaw rest

c)

Rest wood

d)

Chin rest

16.

What extends from the bottom of the cello to adjust the height for sitting?

a)

Endpin

b)

Straight pin

c)

Stick of death

d)

Adjuster

17.

What is the name of this note?

a)

One beat

b)

Crotchet

c)

Dot

d)

Rest

18.

What do you do when you see this sign?

a)

Put your instrument down

b)

Pluck

c)

Rest

d)

Use the bow (arco)

19.

How many lines are on a music staff?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

5

d)

6

20.

How many spaces are on a music staff (the spaces between the horizontal lines)?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

5

d)

6

21.

How many bars (the spaces between the vertical bar lines) are in this image?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

22.

This time signature tells you there are always how many beats per bar?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

23.

What do you do when you see this sign?

a)

Repeat (go back to the beginning)

b)

Stop

c)

Play the song 3 times

d)

Count 4 rests

24.

Which is the correct the order of the clefs seen in this image?

a)

Treble, Alto, Bass

b)

Alto, Treble Bass

c)

Bass, Treble, Alto

d)

Alto, Bass, Treble

25.

What is the beat in music?

a)

The steady pulse

b)

The hitting of notes

c)

The notes you play

d)

Something not important

26.

What is the Italian word for fast?

a)

Allegro

b)

Andante

c)

Piano

d)

Forte

27.

What is the Italian word for slow?

a)

Allegro

b)

Adagio

c)

Andante

d)

Forte

28.

What is the Italian word for walking pace?

a)

Allegro

b)

Andante

c)

Adagio

d)

Piano

29.

What is the Italian word for soft?

a)

Allegro

b)

Andante

c)

Piano

d)

Forte

30.

What is the Italian word for loud?

a)

Allegro

b)

Adagio

c)

Piano

d)

Forte