Grade 4 - Words and Signs Flashcards
Give the 4 main instruments in the STRING family : highest to lowest in pitch
Violin, Viola, Cello (Violoncello), Double Bass
Give the 4 main instruments in the WOODWIND family : highest to lowest in pitch
Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon
Give the 4 main instruments in the BRASS family : highest to lowest in pitch
Horn, Trumpet, Trombone, Tuba
Give the 4 main instruments in the PERCUSSION family : highest to lowest in pitch
timpani (kettle drums), side drum, bass drum, cymbals.
only timpani produce notes of definite pitch
Read out each of these instruments and decide whether they are played in TREBLE CLEF, ALTO CLEF, or BASS CLEF
Violin Cello Flute Clarinet Double bass Bassoon Trombone Viola Horn Trumpet Oboe Tuba Timpani
Violin - T Cello - B Flute - T Clarinet - T Double bass - B Bassoon - B Trombone - B (sometimes Tenor) Viola - A (sometimes T) Horn - T (sometimes B) Trumpet - T Oboe - T Tuba - B Timpani - B
How many notes can string instruments play simultaneously?
2 (or even 3 or 4)
How many notes can wind instruments play simultaneously?
Only one
STRINGS AND BRASS
Give the meaning of :
- con sordini (or con sord.)
- senza sordini (or senza sord.)
- with mutes
- without mutes
STRINGS Give the meaning of : - arco - pizzicato - sul G - sul ponticello
- play with the bow (a direction after pizzicato)
- plucked
- play on the G string
- play near the bridge
PIANO Give the meaning of these words: - una corda (literally ‘one string’) - tre corda (literally ‘three strings’) - P\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_| - mano - a wiggly line going down
- press the left pedal
- release the left pedal
- press/release the right pedal
- hand: mano sinistra or m.s. (left hand); mano destra or m.d. (right hand)
- spread the notes of a chord quickly, starting from the bottom note
affettuoso
tenderly
affrettando
hurrying
amabile
amiable, pleasant
appassionato
with passion
calando
getting softer, dying away (and usually slowing down)
cantando
singing
come
as, similar to (e.g. come prima: as before; come sopra: as above)
facile
easy
fuoco
fire
giusto
proper, exact (e.g. tempo guisto: in strict time)
l’istesso
the same (e.g. l’istesso tempo: at the same speed)
morendo
dying away
niente
nothing
noblimente
nobly
