Musical Expression
The Grand Staff
Historic Composers
Musical Terminology
Instrument Groups
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This symbol indicates that the musician is to play gradually louder...
What is the crescendo?
100
The upper part of the grand staff is marked with this clef...
What is the G clef or treble clef?
100
This historic composer was orphaned at the age of 10...
Who is Johann Sebastian Bach?
100
The speed of a musical score is known as this...
What is tempo?
100
This musical group is for instruments that must be struck to make a sound...
What is percussion?
200
This symbol indicates that the musician is to play gradually softer...
What is the decrescendo?
200
The lower part of the grand staff is marked with this clef...
What is the F clef or bass clef?
200
This historic composer first performed at the age of 8...
Who is Ludwig van Beethoven?
200
The beginning of a musical score contains this symbol which indicates the number of beats per measure and which note will receive one beat within each measure...
What is the time signature?
200
This musical group is for instruments that sometimes contain a reed but are always blown into to make their sound...
What are woodwinds?
300
This symbol (pp) is the Italian musical term for "very soft"...
What is pianissimo?
300
This note marks the center of the grand staff...
What is middle C?
300
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart passed away on this year...
When is 1791?
300
These vertical lines are seen periodically within a musical score, separating each measure...
What are bar lines?
300
The piano is categorized within this group even though the strings are struck by hammers instead of plucked or played with a bow...
What are the strings?
400
This symbol (ff) is the Italian musical term for "very loud"...
What is fortissimo?
400
When playing a piano or other keyboard instrument, the notes in this portion of the grand staff are usually played with the left hand...
What is the bass portion?
400
This historic composer was well-known for playing the clavier as early as 5 years old...
Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
400
This set vertical lines with a set of two dots next to them (at the beginning and end of a passage) indicate that you should repeat that musical passage within them...
What are repeat / refrain symbols?
400
Sound from these wind instruments are dependent on the vibrating of one's lips and do not contain reeds...
What are brass instruments?
500
The meaning of the word "mezzo" within some of these Italian musical terms...
What is medium or moderately?
500
This clef is not normally seen in the grand staff. But, is seen in the staff that combines the top portion of the bass staff and the bottom portion of the treble staff, usually for a particular vocal part...
What is the C clef or alto clef?
500
Toccata and Fugue in D minor was written by this famous historic composer...
Johann Sabastian Bach
500
Given the nickname "the bird's eye," this symbol indicates that you will hold the note out longer than normal before moving on...
What is the fermata?
500
This instrument (the saxophone) is part of this particular instrument group...
What are the woodwinds?