Instrument Families
Rhythm
Music Staff
Vocabulary
Music Around the World
100
The violin is in this instrument family.
What is the string family?
100
This makes no sound.
What is a rest.
100
The music staff has this many lines.
What is 5 lines?
100

What is tempo?

The speed of Music

100

This instrument is called a __________.

What is xylophone?

200
The clarinet is in this instrument family.
What is the woodwind family?
200
This note is one beat.
What is a quarter note?
200
The music staff has this many spaces.
What is 4 spaces?
200
The pulse that stays the same in a song.
What is the beat?
200

What area of the world does the xylophone originate from?

Asia, more specifically South East Asia. 

Alternative answer: There has been proof of xylophones existing in Africa around the same time. 

300
The trombone is in this instrument family.
What is the brass family?
300
These two notes are one beat when put together.
What are eighth notes?
300
Name the lines on the staff.
What is EGBDF?
300

What tells a singer or instruments how fast or slow to play notes?

What is rhythm?

300
This instrument is very popular in Africa.
What is the drum?
400
Name a percussion instrument.
What is the (piano, drum, xylophone, gong, etc.)?
400
This note is held for two beats.
What is a half note?
400
Name the spaces on the staff.
What is FACE?
400

What are dynamics in music?

How loud or soft the music is.

400

The song "Los Pollitos Dicen Pio Pio" is from this country.

What is Mexico?

500
This instrument family is in the back of the orchestra.
What is the percussion family?
500
A quarter note plus a half note equals this many beats.
What is 3 beats?
500
The space above the fifth line of the staff is this note.
What is G?
500

What is the fancy symbol at the beginning of every piece of music. It often looks like a swirl or fancy "S"

What is a treble clef?

500

What instrument was first created in the United States!

(hint: Think the South)

What is the banjo?

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