Music Symbols
This symbol tells you to play loudly.
What is forte?
This note gets one beat in 4/4 time.
What is a quarter note?
This brass instrument is the smallest and highest sounding.
What is the trumpet?
This word means the speed of the music.
What is tempo?
This is the letter name between A and C.
What is B?
This symbol means to gradually get softer.
What is diminuendo (or decrescendo)?
Two eighth notes equal this note value.
What is a quarter note?
This woodwind instrument uses a reed and is usually black.
What is the clarinet?
This word means the speed of the music.
What is legato?
This symbol makes a note on half step higher in pitch
What is a sharp! (#)
This sign raises a note by one half step.
What is a sharp?
This rest lasts for two beats.
What is a half rest?
This percussion instrument has metal bars and is played with mallets.
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This term means to play smoothly and connected.
What is legato?
This letter comes AFTER G in the musical alphabet.
What is A
This symbol means to hold a note longer than its written value.
What is a fermata?
A dotted half note gets this many beats in 4/4 time.
What is 3 beats?
This instrument is the largest in the brass family commonly found in beginning band.
What is the tuba?
This Italian word means “medium loud.”
What is mezzo forte?
This note is on the second line (from the bottom) of the treble clef.
What is G?
This marking tells musicians to return to the beginning and play again.
What is a repeat sign?
This note receives four beats in common time.
What is a whole note?
This woodwind instrument is known for its curved neck and golden color.
What is the saxophone?
This term means that each section should play at the appropriate volume in relation to other sections.
What is balance?
This note is in the first space of the bass clef.
What is A?