The elements of music
Voices and instruments
I've Got Rhythm
Fast or slow?
Writing it down
100
The distance between the lowest and highest tones that a voice or instrument can produce.
What is the pitch range.
100
The classification of voice ranges for women and men from highest to lowest.
What is soprano, alto, tenor, bass.
100
The flow of music through time. More specifically, the particular arrangement of note lengths in a piece of music.
What is rhythm.
100
The speed of the beat.
What is tempo.
100
A set of five parallel lines and four spaces.
What is staff.
200
Degrees of loudness or softness.
What are dynamics.
200
The 5 instrument categories in an orchestra.
What is string, woodwind, brass, keyboard, and percussion.
200
A regular, recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time.
What is beat.
200
A gradual quickening of tempo.
What is accelerando.
200
Used to extend the range of the staff up or down when a pitch falls above or below the range indicated by the staff.
What is ledger line.
300
To emphasize a tone by playing it more loudly than the other tones around it.
What is an accent.
300
3 of the many instruments in the brass family.
What are trumpet, french horn, trombone, tuba, cornet, baritone horn, euphonium.
300
In music, a repeated pattern of strong beats plus one or more weaker beats.
What is meter.
300
A gradual slowing down of tempo.
What is ritardando.
300
A sign that is used to raise the pitch by one half step.
What is sharp sign.
400
The Italian term that means to play very soft.
What is pianissimo.
400
3 of the many instruments in the woodwind family.
What are piccolo, flute, oboe, english horn, clarinet, alto clarinet, bass clarinet, alto sax, tenor sax, bari sax, bassoon.
400
A group containing a fixed number of beats.
What is measure.
400
An apparatus that produces ticking sounds or flashes of light at any desired musical speed.
What is metronome.
400
A sign that is used to lower the pitch by a half step.
What is a flat sign.
500
The Italian term that means to play moderately loud.
What is mezzo forte.
500
3 of the many instruments in the percussion family.
What are the snare drum, bass drum, timpani, tambourine, triangle, cymbals, glockenspiel, xylophone, celesta, chimes.
500
The first, or stressed beat of the measure.
What is downbeat.
500
Italian tempo marking that means moderately slow, walking pace.
What is andante.
500
A sign that is used to cancel the accidental (sharp or flat).
What is a natural sign.
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