Pitch
Rhythm
Jazz
Classical Music
Deep Listening Terms
100

The pitch on the first line of the treble staff.

What is E?

100

Notes that are counted as 1+ 2+ 3+ 4+.

What are eighth notes?

100

A jazz musician who played trumpet and sang, and was famous for singing "When the Saints Go Marching In".

Who is Louis Armstrong?

100

The first classical music time period.  Gregorian chant was used in this time period.

What is the Medieval Period or the Middle Ages?

100
A musical term that is used to categorize how fast or slow the music is.
What is tempo?
200

The pitch in the first space of the treble staff.

What is F?

200

Notes that are counted as 1e+a 2e+a 3e+a 4e+a.

What are sixteenth notes?

200

A jazz musician who was a virtuoso singer who was one of the fastest scat singers there was.

Who is Ella Fitzgerald?

200

The most recent classical music time period.  Composers began to become more experimental in this time period.

What is the Twentieth Century, Contemporary, or Modern Period.

200

A musical term that is used to categorize how loud or soft the music is.

What are dynamics?

300

The pitch on the fourth line of the treble staff.

What is D?

300

Notes that are counted as 1 2 3 4.

What are quarter notes?

300

A jazz musician who played piano and was the talented composer of many songs including "Black, Brown, and Beige".

Who is Duke Ellington?
300

A classical music time period in which composers began to write emotional, dramatic, and expressive music.

What is the Romantic period?

300

A musical term that is used to categorize how high or low the notes are in music.

What is pitch?

400

The pitch in the second space of the treble staff.

What is A?

400
A note that lasts for 2 beats.

What is a half note?

400

A jazz musician who played saxophone with a creatively new and smooth style.

Who is Benny Carter?

400

One of the early versions of the piano that sounds brighter and twangier that the tone of the piano.

What is a clavichord or a harpsichord?

400

The four instrument families of the orchestra.

What is percussion, strings, brass, and woodwinds?
500

The pitch on the first ledger line below the treble staff.

What is middle C?

500

A musical symbol that tells us how many beats are in a measure.

What is time signature?

500
A musical term for creating music on the spot with an instrument or by singing.
What is improvisation?
500

The classical music time period when musicians started performing in small groups and used early versions of the instruments we are familiar with today.

What is the Renaissance Period?

500
A musical term used to describe when the music gradually gets louder over a period of time.

What is a crescendo?

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