Notes and Rests
It receives one beat in 4/4 time.
What is a quarter note?
What is a sharp?
What is forte?
Marking that tells you to play and connect the notes smoothly.
What is a legato or slur?
F clef.
What is a bass clef?
It receives 2 whole beats in 4/4 time.
What is a half note?
G clef.
What is a treble clef?
To play softly.
What is piano?
To play the note short and detached.
What is staccato?
To lower the note by half a step.
What is a flat?
It receives half of one beat in 4/4 time.
What is an eighth note?
It tells you to go back and play that line/section again.
What is a repeat sign?
To gradually get louder
What is a crescendo?
To play a note to it's fullest value.
What is a tenuto?
Cancels out an accidental.
What is a natural sign?
What is a sixteenth rest?
It has 5 lines and 4 spaces.
What is a staff?
To play medium soft.
What is mezzo piano?
To play the note with force or strength (i.e. loudly!).
What is an accent mark?
The word that tells you to slow down at the end of a musical phrase.
What is ritardando?
When you have two of these in one quarter note beat in 4/4 time.
What is a beamed eighth note?
Usually placed at the very end of the piece or song.
What is a double bar line?
To play very VERY loud.
What is fortississimo?
What is a "tie"?
To hold a note for longer than its value.
What is a fermata?