Viola

1. Go to “File” in your browser.
2. Click on “Open Location.”
3. Type www.playmusic.org/string/viola.html
4. Click enter
5. Read the information on your screen and answer the following Questions.

1. The viola is ______________________than the violin.
2. Because the strings are longer than the violin’s, it makes a ___________________________________ sound that is ___________________________________.
3. To be played, the viola is rested on the ______________________ and holds it in place using the ______________________. The bow is held in the ____________________ hand and is drawn across the ________________________________.
4. Name the ways the pitch is changed. _____________________________________________________________________; _____________________________________________________________________.
5. The viola plays the beautiful _____________________________ part in the orchestra’s harmony.
The violas are difficult to __________________________ when the orchestra is playing
Name two famous accomplished viola players. _________________________________ and _____________________________________________
Label the parts of the viola on the attached sheet.