Sounds & Things
Can you hear me?
Rita the Meter Maid
Write It Down
Strummin' on the ol' Banjo
100
This begins with the vibration of an object.
What is sound.
100

The faster the vibrations the ____________ the pitch.

What is higher.

100

Notes written out in any order that can be long or short sounds.

What is rhythm?

100

This system of writing music that goes on this object that has 5 lines and 4 spaces. 

What is the staff?

100

Instrument family that uses strings to make a sound.

What is the string family.

200
This is the relative highness or lowness of a sound.
What is pitch.
200
The pitch of a sound is determined by the frequency of its what?
What is vibrations.
200
This is a recurrent pulse in music.
What is beat.
200
This symbol # tells you to raise a note by 1/2 a step.
What is a sharp.
200

A clarinet is in this instrument family.

What is the woodwind family.

300
These are the four main properties of musical sound
What is pitch, tone color, dynamics, and duration.
300
The relative loudness or softness of a sound is called this.
What is dynamics.
300

This is the speed of music.

What is tempo?

300

This scale does not have any sharps or flats in its key.

What is C Major?

300
A saxophone is in this kind of instrument family.

What is woodwind family?

400

This is a specific distance between any two pitches that is 8 steps away?

What is an octave?

400

A dynamic in music that means the note or passage will be played softly.

What is piano.

400

This is a tempo term at the beginning of a piece indicating the speed should be very fast.

What is Presto.

400
This is found at the beginning of a piece of music and tells the performer how many beats are in each measure.
What is a time signature.
400

This is how a sound can be produced on a brass instrument.

What is buzzing.

500

The quality that distinguishes one sound from another. Often referred to in terms of bright and dark.

What is tone color/timbre.

500

This dynamic symbol can stretch across several notes that looks like a greater than sign (<).

What is a crescendo.

500
Based on the time signature, music is divided into these "mini sections" from one bar line to another.

What is measures?

500

This scale has 12 tones.

What is a chromatic scale?

500

Instrument family that classifies its members by either shaking, scraping or striking.

What is the percussion family?

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