Beats in Music
What is Beat?
a. The heartbeat of music
b. A small purple vegetable
c. The notes in the music
A. The Heartbeat of Music
What do you say for a quarter note when reading music
a. Du
b. Du-de
C. Du-u
a. Du
What does a conductor do?
a. play instruments
b. drive a train
c. the leader of the orchestra
c. the leader of the orchestra
Composers use different dynamics to make music _____
a. Faster
b. Slower
C. More Interesting
C. More Interesting
There are ________ beats
a. blue and yellow
b. strong and weak
c. note and rest
b. strong and weak
What do you say for eighth notes when reading music
a. Du
b. Du-de
C. Du-u
b. Du-de
What Instrument family does the Viola belong to?
a. string
b. percussion
c. brass
a. string
FF in music means to play the music ____
a. Loud
b. Very Loud
c. Quiet
b. Very Loud
A meter of 2 is a _______ meter.
a. walking
b. marching
c. skipping
b. marching
What does a quarter rest tell us to do?
a. softer than usual
b. With more strength
c. Make no sound
c. Make no sound
What Instrument family does the Trombone belong to?
a. string
b. percussion
c. brass
c. brass
P in music means to play _____
a. Quiet
b. Loud
c. Very quiet
a. Quiet
A waltz meter is what meter?
a. meter of 2
b. meter of 3
c. meter of 4
b. meter of 3
How many beats do you hold a half note for?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
b. 2
What Instrument family does the Oboe belong to?
a. string
b. woodwind
c. brass
b. woodwind
A crescendo in music tells us to do what? <
a. get louder
b. get quieter
c. speed up
a. get louder
An Ostinato is a ________
a. short repeated pattern
b. song that ends with a gong
c. bass guitar solo
a. short repeated pattern
How many beats do you hold a whole note for?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 4
c. 4
What two Instrument families does the Piano belong to?
a. string and woodwind
b. string and percussion
c. string and brass
b. string and percussion
What does decrescendo mean? >
a. get louder
b. get softer
c. stop singing or playing
b. get softer