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Eagle High School Orchestra Final
| Questions |
Answers |
| a bouncing bow technique. Short single strokes produce the sound by dropping the middle of the bow onto the string of the violin. You lift the bow of the string between bow bounces. |
Spiccato |
| playing notes smoothly and connected. In other words, you’re playing with no interruptions between the notes. |
Legato |
| shortening the duration of a note length and beginning with a bite. To rephrase it, beginning with a bite similar to martelé, you play about half as long as the original note value. This technique is indicated in the music with a dot over or below the not |
Staccato |
| playing technique that uses long, separate, up, and down bow strokes for each note. In sheet music, the notes have no bow marking. |
Detache |
| repetition of a note without using an accent or rhythm, but by using fast up and down strokes instead. Doing this creates a trembling sound. |
Tremelo |
