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VIOLIN TERMINOLOGY

AGE GROUP BOYS AND GIRLS 5 - ADULT

 

Harmony Two or more different pitches sounding at the same time
EVERY GOOD BOY DOES FINE A rule to remember the lines of a staff by using the first letter of each word (EGBDF).
Duet A composition for two players.
FACE A rule to remember, from bottom to top, the spaces on a musical staff.
Fiddle Common colloquial name for the violin.
Practices Time set aside for your child to review what the teacher has taught them during their normal lessons.
Solo A composition written for one player, often with a piano accompaniment.
Staff The five lines and four spaces used for writing music
Musical Alphabet The letters A through G.  These are used to name the notes on the staff in  a LINE - SPACE - LINE - SPACE order.
Luthier A person who makes or repairs stringed instruments.
String Instrument Musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings.
Violin A stringed musical instrument that has four strings tuned a fifth apart.
Violinist A person who plays the violin