Staff Wars
What are the note names on the spaces?
FACE
Which note gets four counts?
Whole Note
What are the lines a spaces called the we use to read and write music?
Staff (like Staff Wars!)
This instrument family you shake, strike, or scrape with your hands or a tool.
Percussion
one quarter note (pear) plus one quarter note (pear)
2 counts
Third space note.
C
How many counts does a half note get?
2
These are the sections our music is divided into. There are 4 counts in each one.
Measure
The French Horn belongs to this instrument family.
Brass
a quarter note (pear) plus a half note
3 counts
Fourth space note.
E
This note lasts one beat?
Quarter note (pear)
What percussion instrument is similar to a piano.
Xylophone
The highest pitched instrument in the string family. Think about the orchestra.
Harp
two half notes plus a quarter note
5 counts
What is the saying we use to describe the notes on the lines?
Every Good Boy Does Fine (EGBDF)
How many counts is a quarter rest?
1
When playing drums in this class, how should you play them? Talk about how we sit, hold the sticks, where to look, where we play on the buckets, and how our hands should be.
Sit on the floor with your belt at the top of the bucket. Hold the sticks with your thumb and first finger by your fingerprints. Look at the board/music not at the bucket or floor. Hands would be held with your knuckles up.
This is the largest instrument in the brass family.
Tuba
a whole note plus 3 quarter notes
7 counts
What is the lowest note we currently know?
E (bottom line)
In music, a dotted note is longer than a normal note. To find how many counts a dotted note would take, you take half of the note's counts and add it to how many counts the note normally gets. So, how many counts would a dotted whole note have?
What are the four instrument families?
Woodwinds, Brass, Percussion, and Strings.
This is the highest pitched instrument in the woodwind family.
Flute (piccolo)
one set of eighth notes (one apple) plus a whole note
5 counts