Year 10 GCSE Music - Instruments

Four string instruments, in descending order of pitch

Violin, viola, cello and double bass

As you list string instruments in descending pitch, you are also therefore listing them in -

Ascending size

Pizzicato

Instruction for string players to pluck the string rather than using the bow

Contextual information about harp

Another string instrument besides the main four, although less common in an orchestra

Two other non-orchestral string instruments

Guitar and banjo

What a violin is also known as, with context for where this is heard

Fiddle, folk music

Purpose of vibrato

Makes tone warmer, involving wobbling hands - be aware of the harp though, probably is

Musical technique all string instruments use

Pizzicato

Musical technique used across all four string instruments of orchestra - and it looks like for a harp too!

Vibrato

Double or treble stopping

Playing two or three strings at once

Three features of violin

Four strings, forms first and second section and double and treble stopping

Which two of four main orchestral string instruments would struggle to double and treble stop, the second a bit more than the first

Cello and double bass

What a string quartet comprises

Two violins and two cellos

One feature of playing cello

Sit down whilst playing

One piece of information about playing double bass, important for listening

Can play higher

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