Instrument Families
Rhythm
Music Staff
Vocabulary
Music History
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
The speed of the music.
What is tempo?
100

This instrument has black and white keys and has been around for hundreds of years.

What is a piano?

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

This is a group of people singing together.

What is a Choir?

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
The part of the song that goes along with the words.
What is rhythm?
300

This famous composer wrote music like “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.”

Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?

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
How loud or soft the music is.
What is dynamics?
400

These were common places people heard music before radios and phones existed.

What are concerts, churches, or live performances?

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
Loud and soft in music terms.
What is forte and piano?
500

This style of music began in the United States and is known for improvisation and swing rhythms.

What is jazz?

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