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25 Cards in this Set
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What is the proper score ordering for groups of instruments?
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highest to lowest
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Term meaning "to be bowed". Also the default method of sound production for strings.
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Arco
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Two types of bowing.
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Up Bow and Down Bow
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Type of bowing where each note receives one bow stroke
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Detaché
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What are dynamics in strings controlled by?
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Bow speed
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Type of staccato playing characterized by a bouncing motion of the bow.
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Spiccato
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Type of staccato produced by digging into the strings during bowing
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Martele
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Type of tremolo that subdivides a beat equally
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Measured
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Type of tremolo that denotes repeating a note as fast as one can
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Un-measured
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Term that means to stop a string at a node point to produce a note higher than the note stopped
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Harmonics
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Type of playing that sounds a note by plucking the string
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Pizzicato
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The best time (generally) to switch from arco to pizzicato
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On an up-bow
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The playing of multiple notes at once using adjacent strings
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Double stop
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The division of an instrument group in a passage
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Divisi
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Term that means "played together." Used to cancel divisi playing.
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Tutti
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Object used to dampen and darken the sound of strings.
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Mute
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Italian scoring term meaning "played with a mute"
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Con Sordino
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Term that means "to strike the strings with the bow"
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Col legno
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Term that means "to bow on or near the bridge"
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Sol ponticello
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Term that means "to bow on or near the fingerboard"
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Sul tasto
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Term that means "to be played in the default manner". Used to end sul ponticello or sul tasto passages
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Norm. or Ord.
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Clef read by the violin
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Treble clef
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The violin is tuned in ____.
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Fifths
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(Violin) Note names for strings IV, III, II, and I, respectively.
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G,D,A,E
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Conservative range of the violin
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G three spaces below the staff to E three lines above the staff.
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