Note Values
Time Signatures
Clefs and Lines
Articulations
Key Signatures
100
This kind of note is worth 1 beat.
What is a Quarter note?
100
The top number tell us how many ______ are in each measure.
What are beats?
100
This name is given to the 5 lines and 4 spaces.
What is a staff line?
100
This symbol tells string players to start playing at the frog.
What is a down bow?
100
This symbol tells musicians to raise the note up by a half step.
What is 'Sharp'?
200
This kind of note is worth 4 beats.
What is a whole note?
200
2/4, 3/4, 3/2, and 4/4 are common examples of a ______ meter.
What is simple meter?
200
Violins use this clef to read music.
What is a treble clef?
200
This symbol tells you to start at the tip of the bow, rather than starting at the frog.
What is 'up bow'?
200
This symbol tells musicians to lower the note by a half step.
What is 'Flat'?
300
This kind of note is worth 3 beats.
What is a dotted half note?
300
In a 4/4 time signature, you can fit this many quarter notes in 1 measure.
What is 8?
300
When you need to play a section of music again, you'll see a ______ sign.
What is a repeat sign?
300
This articulation tells you to connect the notes with a single bow rather than change direction.
What is a slur?
300
What key or scale is used when 2 sharps are in the key signature?
What D Major?
400
This kind of note is worth only half a beat.
What is an eighth note?
400
6/8, 9/8, and 12/8 are examples of ______ meter.
What is compound meter?
400
Cellos and Basses use this clef to read music.
What is the bass clef?
400
This articulation tells you to add space between notes, creating a 'jerky' sound.
What is staccato?
400
A key signature with no sharps and no flats would use this scale.
What is C Major/A Minor?
500
This kind of note is only worth a quarter of a beat. If you put 4 together, they would add up to 1 beat.
What is a sixteenth note?
500
The bottom number of the time signatures tell us...
What kind of note gets the beat.
500
This uncommon clef is read by the best instrument in the orchestra. They are one of the only instruments who read in this clef.
What is alto clef?
500
This symbol tells musicians to emphasize the note.
What is an accent?
500
The key signatures tells up 2 thing; which notes are sharp or flat, and which notes are_____.
What is natural?