Music Symbols
This music symbol is also known as the G clef.
What is a treble clef?
The Italian word for "soft."
What is piano?
A rest that represents one beat of silence when the quarter note receives the beat.
What is a quarter rest?
The lowest male singing voice.
What is a bass?
The beat count of a whole note in 4/4 meter.
What is 1 2 3 4?
A graph of 5 lines and 4 spaces on which music is written.
What is a staff?
An Italian word which means gradually louder.
What is crescendo?
This note that represents one quarter beat of sound when the quarter note receives the beat.
What is a sixteenth note?
The highest female singing voice.
What is a soprano?
The beat count of four groups of eighth notes in 4/4 meter.
What is 1+ 2+ 3+ 4+?
Indicates the end of a section or piece of music.
What is a double barline.
A music dynamic that is a very quiet speaking voice.
What is pianissimo?
Three whole notes equal these many beats.
What is 12 beats?
The lowest female singing voice.
What is an alto?
The beat count of four sixteenth notes.
What is 1 e + a?
Vertical lines that divide the staff into smaller sections called measures.
The Italian word for music that is very loud or a yelling voice.
What is fortissimo?
This music note equals one and a half beats.
What is a dotted quarter note?
The highest male singing voice.
What is a tenor?
The rhythm count of one quarter note four eighth notes and four sixteenth notes.
What is 1 2+ 3+ 4e+a?
The numbers that identify the meter.
What is time signature?
This Italian word in music means “moderately” or “medium.”
What is mezzo?
Sixteen sixteenth notes equals this.
What is 4 beats?
The male singing voice that is lower than a tenor and higher than a bass.
What is a baritone?
The beat count of four eighth notes and eight sixteenth notes.
What is 1+ 2+ 3e+a 4e+a?