Note Values
In 4/4 time, this note is worth 4 beats.
What is a Whole Note?
This term means to gradually slow down.
What is Rit. or Ritardando?
What is Staccato?
This dynamic (mf) tells you to play medium loud.
What is Mezzo Forte?
This rest looks like a squiggly line and is worth 1 beat in 4/4 time.
What is a Quarter Rest?
In 3/4 time, this note would take up an entire measure.
What is a Dotted Half Note?
This term refers to the speed of the music.
What is Tempo?
This symbol looks like an arrowhead and tells you to emphasize the note.
What is an Accent?
What dynamic marking tells you to play soft?
What is Piano (p)?
What kind of rest is worth 1/2 a beat?
What is an 8th Rest?
Alone, I am worth only half a beat, but in a pair, I fill one beat.
What is an Eighth Note?
This term means to gradually speed up.
What is Accelerando?
This symbol connects 2 notes of the SAME pitch, making them one, unbroken note.
What is a Tie?
What does a crescendo tell you to do?
What is gradually get louder?
This rest looks like a hat, and is worth 2 beats in 4/4 time.
What is a Half Rest?
Usually grouped in groups of 4, these notes have 2 flags on them and are worth 1/4 of a beat each.
What are 16th Notes?
This term means "The End" of the music.
What is Fine?
This symbol looks like a triangle above the note and tells you to play it emphasized AND short.
What is a Marcato Accent?
What is the term for the dynamic ff, which means to play very loud?
What is Fortissimo?
What kind of rest hangs under the line and is worth 4 beats in 4/4 time?
What is a Whole Rest?
When tied together, how much would a whole note plus a quarter note be worth?
What is 5 beats?
This term means much, or a lot.
What is Molto?
This symbol connects 2 notes of DIFFERENT pitch and tells you not to tongue.
What is a Slur?
What dynamic marking tells you to gradually get softer?
What is Decrescendo (or Diminuendo)?
This rest is worth only 1/4 of the beat.
What is a 16th Rest?