Vocabulary
Notes are found on these five lines.
What is a staff?
You play like this when you see pp, or pianissimo.
What is very soft?
This key has 1 sharp
What is G major?
Play 1 and listen.
What is Lightly Row?
This instrument is the smallest and highest instrument of the orchestra.
What is the piccolo?
When you see this symbol at the beginning of a piece, you're in trouble because now there will be high sounding instruments playing!
What is a treble clef?
This means loud.
What is forte?
This key has 0 sharps/flats.
What is C major?
Play 2.
What is May Song?
This instrument uses a bow and is slightly larger than the violin.
What is a viola?
This makes a note a half step higher.
What is a sharp?
This means medium, as in medium loud.
What is mezzo?
This key has 1 flat.
Play 3.
What is Perpetual Motion?
This instrument looks like a very large pot.
What is the timpani? or Kettle drum?
This makes a note a half step lower.
What is a flat?
This means soft.
What is piano?
This key has 3 sharps.
What is A Major?
Play 4.
What is Song of the Wind?
This instrument is a woodwind that uses a single reed.
What is a clarinet?
This is the end of the bow which you hold.
What is the frog?
This means very loud.
What is fortissimo?
This key has 2 sharps.
What is D major?
Play 5.
What is Andantino?
This instrument uses an endpin to stand up, and is the largest string instrument of the orchestra.
What is the double bass?