Note Duration
This note receives one beat in 4/4 time.
What is a quarter note?
This symbol raises a note by one half step.
What is a sharp?
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What is a piano?
This note lasts for two beats.
What is a half note?
This symbol lowers a note by one half step.
What is a flat?
This instrument you can hear, but NEVER touch.
What is the voice?
This note lasts for four beats.
What is a whole note?
This symbol cancels a sharp or flat.
What is a natural?
This American composer, sometimes referred to as "royalty" in their field, and composed many famous pieces, including "The Stars and Stripes Forever."
Who is John Phillip Sousa (March King)?
This symbol tells you to stay silent.
What is a rest?
This marking means "play loudly."
What is forte (f)?
How many eighth notes equal one whole note?
What is eight?
This marking means "gradually get softer."
What is diminuendo (or decrescendo)?
This avant-garde composer is known for redefining music as "organized sound", and writing music that makes performers sit silently for four minutes and thirty-three seconds.
Who is John Cage?