Instrument Families
Note Values
Vocabulary
Dynamics and Tempo
How Many Performers?
100
Drum, tambourine, piano, maracas
Percussion Family
100
What is the name of this note? It receives 1 beat.
quarter note
100
to create or make up as you go along
improvise
100
Medium Soft
Mezzo Piano
100
Duet
2
200
flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon
Woodwind Family
200
What is the name of this note? It receives 2 beats.
half note
200
the words to a song
lyrics
200
A walking Tempo.
Adante
200
Quartet
4
300
violin, viola, cello, bass
String Family
300
What is the name of this note? It receives 3 beats.
dotted half note
300
Legal Protection
Copyright
300
Medium Loud
Mezzo Forte
300
Trio
3
400
Tuba, trumpet, trombone, french horn
Brass Family
400
What is the name of this note? It receives 4 beats.
Whole Note
400
To change the order or elements of a song.
Arrange
500
This instrument is not in the string family but the percussion family. When you play this instrument, there are hammers that strike or hit the strings.
Piano
500
What is the name of this note? It gets 1 beat.
eighth note pair