Lines & Spaces
The five lines and four spaces that musical symbols are found upon...
This receives four counts...
What is a Whole Note?
These indicate what volume musicians should perform at throughout a piece of music...
What are Dynamics?
Flutes, Clarinets, and Saxophones are a few examples of this instrument family...
What are Woodwinds?
If you see this, you need to hold a note or rest for longer than its original value and WATCH the conductor...
What is a Fermata?
What is E-G-B-D-F?
A Half Note receives this many counts...
What is Two Counts?
This means "Quiet" or "Soft"...
What is Piano?
This instrument belongs to the Brass Family and is known to have a slide that can extend rather far...
What is a Trombone?
This sign means to play a section of music again...
What is a Repeat?
The Treble Clef Note Names for the four spaces...
What is F-A-C-E?
There are this many Sixteenth Notes in one measure of 4/4 Time...
What is Sixteen?
To gradually increase in volume, we would need to do this...
What is Crescendo?
This is generally considered the lowest sounding instrument in a Concert Band...
What is the Tuba?
These can raise, lower, or cancel changes to specific notes...
What is an Accidental?
The Bass Clef Note Names for the five lines...
What is G-B-D-F-A?
This extends a note by half of its own value...
What is a Dot?
These indicate specific ways notes should be performed, such as Staccato, Tenuto, and Accent...
What are Articulations?
A Piano is considered a hybrid instrument combining these two instrument families to produce sound...
What is Percussion and String?
This indicates to play something only the first or second time. It is commonly paired with a Repeat Sign...
What is First & Second Ending?
These extend the Staff upwards and downwards to accommodate higher and lower notes...
What are Ledger Lines?
This receives 1/2 of a count of silence...
What is an Eighth Rest?
What is Accelerando?
Instruments like the Oboe and Bassoon are considered a subgroup because they require two of these to create sounds...
What is a Reed (Double-Reed)?
A concluding section in a piece of music. It requires you to "jump" to this section through what looks like a weird portal written onto the music...
What is a Coda?