7th/8th Grade Strings Vocab

What does col legno stand for?

• With stick (bow)

• With passion

• With frog

• With wrist

What does dynamic mean?

• Articulation

• How loud or soft

• The angle of bow

• The bow speed

The dynamic p=

• Precise

• Forte

• Piano

• Picture

The forte dynamic (f)=

• Loud

• Kind of loud

• Soft

• Very soft

What articulation is detached and stops the sound?

• Legogato

• Marcato

• Staccato

• Legato

What articulation is smooth and connected?

• Staccato

• Legato

• Marcato

• Tenuto

A musical slur=

• Different notes in the same bow

• The same notes in the same bow

• Separate bows

a minor scale/key=

• No sharps or flats

• 1 sharp

• 2 flats

A musical tie

• Connects two different notes in the same bow

• Connects the same notes in the same bow

• Something you wear

What is Mezzo?

• Nothing

• A lot

• Medium

• A tiny bit