ELEMENTS OF ART
MUSIC NOTES
District 186 Fine Arts
MUSIC INSTRUMENTS
PRINCIPLES OF ART
100
A point moving in space. It can vary in width, length, curvature, color, or direction.
What is a line?
100
Represents a time duration and pitch.
What is a note?
100

Location for 5th grade band after-school progam

What is Washington Middle School?

100
A brass instrument with a long tube that makes the note go high or low.
What is a trombone?
100
Dealing with the creation of movement.
What is movement?
200
A two-dimensional area or place that may be open or closed, free-form or geometric. It can be found in nature or is made by humans. Examples may be a square, triangle, or circle.
What is a shape?
200
The five lines where music notes are written.
What is a staff?
200

A District-wide Fine Arts event

What is Solo & Ensemble or All-City, or District 186 Art Showcase?

200
A high-pitched drum.
What is a snare drum?
200
Special stress given to an element to make it stand out.
What is emphasis?
300
The surface quality of materials, either actual (tactile) or implied (visual).
What is texture?
300
A musical noe having the time value of a quarter of a whole note.
What is a quarter note?
300

The date for Solo & Ensemble

What is Friday, February 20th, 2026?

300
A stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking.
What is a guitar?
300
The degree of difference between the lightest and darkest parts of a picture.
What is contrast?
400
A three-dimensional volume or the illusion of three dimensions. Examples may be a spehere, a cone, or a cube.
What is form?
400
A note that divides the beat in half?
What is an eighth note?
400

The date for the District 186 Art Showcase

What is Thursday, March 5, 2026?

400
A small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole.
What is a harmonica?
400
Intentional, regular repetition of lines of shapes to achieve a specific repetitious effect or pattern.
What is rhythm?
500
The visual sensation dependent on the reflection or absorption of light from a given surface. The three characteristics are hue, value, and intensity.
What is color?
500
A musical symbol placed at the beginning of the staff that determines the letter names of the lines and spaces. There are two types; treble and bass.
What is a clef?
500

At least 20% of the allocation on activities to support well-rounded educational opportunities, such as (but not limited to) college and career guidance and counseling programs, music and arts programs, STEM subjects, accelerated learning, history, foreign language, environmental education, promoting volunteerism, and other activities. 

What are the Title IV, Part A funding guidelines?

500
A half-size flute.
What is a piccolo?
500
The way in which the elements in visual art are arranged to create a feeling of equilibrium in a work of art. The three types are symmetry, asymmetry, and radial.
What is balance?
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