Notation 1
Notation2
Dynamics
Symbols
Other
100
This note gets one beat.
What is a quarter note?
100
This note lasts for four beats.
What is a whole note?
100
This symbol means soft.
What is p? (or piano)
100
This symbol means to tongue (or hit) the note harder.
What is an accent?
100
Another name for 4/4 time signature.
What is common time?
200
This rhythm is a half beat long.
What is one eighth note?
200
This is the space between two bar lines.
What is a measure?
200
This symbol means medium loud.
What is mf (or mezzo forte)?
200
This symbol means to play smoothly (or don't tongue)
What is a slur?
200
This is a musical sentence.
What is a phrase?
300
This clef is used for higher instruments.
What is treble clef?
300
This symbol acts like an addition sign and signals you to keep playing as if it is one note.
What is a tie?
300
This symbol means to gradually get louder.
What is a crescendo?
300
This symbol cancels a sharp or flat.
What is a natural sign?
300
This is eight notes that move up by step.
What is a scale?
400
This is the symbol that separates the music into measures.
What is a bar line?
400
This symbol lowers the note by a half step.
What is a flat?
400
This symbol means to get softer.
What is a decrescendo?
400
This symbol means to play the note short.
What is a staccato?
400
This symbol means to play the music again.
What is a repeat sign?
500
This rhythm is two notes that are connected by a bar across the top, and together they last one beat.
What is an eighth note pair? (or a pair of eighth notes)
500
This clef is used for lower sounding instruments.
What is bass clef?
500
This symbol means very loud.
What is ff (fortissimo)?
500
This symbol means it is the end of the song.
What is a double bar line?
500
This word means any symbol that changes a note to a flat, sharp, or natural.
What is an accidental?
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