Stringed Instruments
The highest sounding instrument in the orchestra.
The Violin
This style of music typically includes electric guitar, bass guitar, drums, and keyboards.
Rock
A note that is just one beat.
Ta note or quarter note.
This symbol raises a note a half step making the natural note sound higher.
A sharp
C, D, E, _____
F
The smallest and highest sounding brass instrument in a marching band.
It is strum and can be played as an electric or acoustical instrument.
The guitar
This style of music, written by composers, dates back to the 1700s.
classical
A note that holds for 4 beats.
A whole note or Ta-ah-ah-ah.
This symbol lowers the note a half step and makes the natural note sound sound lower.
A flat
G, A, B, ____
C
This brass instrument has a slide.
Trombone
It is also considered a percussion instrument and has 88 keys.
The piano
This music style, whose name includes a color, often sounds dark and sad.
A note or mostly seen as a set of two notes that are each worth a half a beat.
ti-ti or eighth note
This symbols tells the musician to gradually play or sing from soft to loud.
crescendo
D, E, F#, ____
G
This brass instrument has a large bell and long tubes that wrap around into a circular shape. Named after a country.
French Horn
A small popular Hawaiian instrument that can be strum.
A ukulele.
This music style is a form of vocal percussion mimicking drums.
Beatboxing.
An empty note with a stem that is held for two beats.
Ta-ah or half note
When two notes on different lines or spaces are connected with a curvy line telling the musician to smoothly play or sing the notes sounding connected. The curvy line is called.
A, B, C#, ____
D
The largest brass instruments in a band.
Tuba, Euphonium or Baritone.
An orchestral instrument with a medium to low sound and is set in between your legs while sitting to be able to play it.
A cello
In this style of music, which begins with "j", players often play solos that they make up on the spot.
Jazz
An empty note with a stem and a dot next to it that is worth three beats.
A dotted half note.
When you sing or play something short.
staccato
F, G, A, ____
B flat
Looks almost like the highest sounding instrument in the band but has a bigger bell and a softer sound.
Flugelhorn