Notation
Additional lines above and below the staff.
What are Ledger lines?
This symbol tells you how many beats are in each measure.
What is a time signature?
This direction means to sing loudly.
What is forte (f)?
This means to hold a note until the conductor tells you to stop.
What is a fermata?
What does the small comma above the music tell the singer to do?
What is to breathe?
This symbol means “repeat from the beginning.”
What is the repeat sign?
In 4/4 time, this note gets 1 beat.
What is a quarter note?
This symbol means gradually get softer.
What is decrescendo?
When a section of music repeats, you see these dots and lines.
What is a repeat sign?
Singing without any instruments is called this.
What is a cappella?
This symbol at the end of the music means “stop.”
What is a double bar line?
A dotted half note receives this many beats.
What is 3 beats?
This indicates that this note has emphasis.
What is an Accent?
This means to sing very smoothly.
What is Legato?
If you are reaching for a high note, what shape should you make with your mouth to help keep the pitch up?
What is oval or vertical shape with your mouth ?
This symbol separates the staff in Measures.
What is a Bar Line?
Four beats of silence use this rest.
What is a whole rest?
This direction means to sing as quietly as you can.
What is Pianissimo?
This is when singers are singing the same part, and they suddenly divide into sections.(part 1, 2, 3, etc.).
What is a Divisi?
This is what you do at the end of a concert to thank the audience.
What is take a bow?
These curved lines connect two notes of the same pitch.
What is a tie? or no breath line
When music is being played on the off-beat.
What is syncopation?
This instructs you to return to a specific part in the music.
What is al Coda?
The same melody performed at different start times.
What is a Cannon / Round?
Which classical composer was deaf?
Who is Ludwig van Beethoven?