A tempo marking indicates to play fast, quickly and bright.
What is Allegro?
A curved line that connects notes of different pitches. Tongue only the first note.
What are Slurs?
What are dynamics?
This note receives one beat of sound.
What is a Quarter Note?
A sign that lowers the pitch a half step.
When the first measure is only a partial measure that leads into a full measure.
What are Pick-Up Notes?
This sign indicates that notes should be played light and separated.
What are Staccatos?
This indicates what speed to play the music.
What is Tempo?
This note receives half a beat of sound.
What is an eighth note?
A sign that raises the pitch a half step
What is a Sharp?
This adds half the value to a note.
What is a Dot?
This sign indicates to emphasize a note by stress or stronger attack.
What are Accents?
The first thing on a staff that helps name notes or designate different instruments on the staff.
What are Clefs?
This note receives three beats of sound.
What is a dotted half note?
A sign that cancels a sharp or flat and returns a pitch back to normal
What is a natural?
A term that says to return to the beginning of the music and play again until the Fine.
What is a D.C. Al Fine?
A curved line connecting notes of the same pitch. Play one note for the combined counts of the tied notes.
What is a Tie?
This thing tells you how many beats are in a measure and what type of note gets the beat.
What is Time Signature?
This note receives a beat and a half of sound.
What is a Dotted Quarter Note?
Signs placed on the left side of a note in the staff that alter it's pitch
What is an Accidental?
A musical "sentence" which is often 2 or 4 measures long.
What is a phrase?
The overall word that describes the different ways the air and tongue can begin a note.
What is Articulation?
This symbol tells you to hold the note (or rest) longer than normal.
What is a fermata?
This note receives one fourth of a beat of sound.
What is a sixteenth note?
What is a Key Signature?