1. Learning through the Arts
ASO Quapaw String Quartet
presents
Meet the String Family
Arkansas
Learning through the Arts

2. Meet the Strings Which instruments are found in a string quartet?
endpin
harp
Which instruments are found in a string quartet?
Which instrument is not played with a bow?

3. Parts of String Instruments (except the harp)
TUNING PEGS
VIOLIN: EADG
VIOLA: ADGC
CELLO: ADGC octave below
Sound comes from what parts of the instrument?

4. What are the parts of a bow?
The other end of the bow is the tip.

5. Just in case you thought the frog was a solid block!

6. Where were the composers born?
Beethoven,
Bonn, a city in
the Electorate
of Hanover,
now in Germany
Smetana, near
Prague, Bohemia,
now Czech
Republic
Schubert, born in
Vienna, Austria

7. Timeline of Their Lives
1800
1850
1900
French Revolution
Napoleon’s War
Shift in borders of several European states & empires
Beethoven
Schubert
Smetana
Musical Periods
Romantic
transitional
Classical
Why were Beethoven and Schubert moving away from Classical style and making their own kind of music?
Why might there be a transition time between period?
Smetana wrote in what style of music? What did it sound like?

8. Classical Period of Music
Composers used formal rules to write music. The structure of one symphony was much like another. The music gave a sense of orderliness with no extra frills.
In architecture, the lines are straight and very symmetrical.
Why do think that this room and stately residence
were likely built during the Classical Period?

9. Romantic Period of Music
Music had roots in the national spirit of each country. Folk melodies created appealing and emotional works.
Builders looked to older styles (medieval Gothic) to design their masterpieces ~~ grand and inspiring.
Paintings were of lovely settings, often about life in the country or of elegant people.

10. What adjectives would you use to describe these Periods of Music?
CLASSICAL
ROMANTIC