Reading Notes
Dynamics
Solfedge
Time Signatures
Musical Marks
100

What is a phrase or word to help you know the notes on the lines of the music staff?

Every Good Boy Does Fine  for Treble Clef

Good Boats Don't Float Away for Bass Clef

FACEG  for Alto Clef

100

What is the Italian word for Loud?

Forte

100

What is the solfedge syllable for the first note of a major scale?

Do

100

What does the top number in a time signature tell us?

The number of beats per measure

100

What should you do if at the end of a measure you see 2 dots?

Repeat a section

200

What note is on the first line of the staff?

TC:  E

BC:  G

AC:  F

200

What is the Italian word for very loud

Fortissimo

200

What is the solfedge syllable for the 2nd note of a major scale?

Re

200

What Time signature has 4 beats per measure in it?

4/4

200

What should you do if you have a dot above or below the note head?

Sing or play the note staccato, short and separated.
300

What is a word or phrase to help you know notes in the spaces of the staff?

FACE in Space   TC

All Cows Eat Grass:  BC

Good Boats Do Float:  AC

300

What is the Italian word for soft?

Piano
300

What is the solfedge syllable for the 4th note of a major scale?

Fa

300

What time signature has 3 beats per measure?

3/4

300
What should you do if  you see D.S. Al Coda?

Go back to the D.S. sign and then jump to the coda when it says to.

400

What note sits on the 3rd line of the staff?

TC:  B

BC:  D

AC:  C

400

What are the Italian words for medium loud?

Mezzo Forte

400

What is the solfedge syllable for the last note of a major scale?

High Do

400

What time signature has 2 beats per measure?

2/4

400

What should you do if you have first and second endings?

Play or sing through the first ending, repeat back to where it says to go and then take the 2nd ending after playing or singing the repeat.

500

If you put a sharp in front of a note, what does it do to the note?

It raises the pitch by 1/2 step.

500

What is the Italian word for grow louder?

Crescendo

500

What is the solfedge syllable for the 7th note of a major scale?

Ti

500

What does the bottom number in a time signature tell us?

The value of the whole note; which note will receive one beat.

500
What should you do if you see two lines that look like railroad tracks, known as a cesura? 

Stop and wait until the conductor brings you back in.

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