Note Names
The pitch on the bottom line of the treble clef staff.
What is E?
This Italian words means "becoming gradually slower".
What is Ritardando?
This classical era composer wrote over 600 works, began composing at the age of 5, and is known for composing the children's song "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star."
Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
This notation adds half the rhythmic value of the note.
What is a Dot?
This is one of the most famous and best-selling jazz albums of all time, released by Miles Davis.
What is Kind of Blue?
The pitch on the second space from the bottom of the bass clef staff.
This Italian word means "cheerful", "quick", or "fast".
What is Allegro?
This Baroque woodwind instrument was popular in Medieval times and is often played in elementary school classrooms.
What is a Recorder?
This major key signature has 4 flats.
What is Ab Major?
This Louis Prima standard was released in 1936 and later popularized by Benny Goodman.
What is Sing Sing Sing?
The pitch which the treble clef is based around - the treble clef "circles" around this note.
What is G?
This French word means "the position and shape of the mouth of a wind player".
What is Embouchure?
This Jazz composer and arranger's real first name was Edward Kennedy.
Who is Duke Ellington?
You can turn a major scale into a minor scale by altering these three scale degrees.
What is the 3rd, 6th, and 7th?
This famous swing song was originally recorded by Glenn Miller, though written by Joe Garland.
What is In The Mood?
The pitch on the middle line of the alto clef staff.
What is C?
This Greek word means a rhythmic shift that creates the feeling of playing 3 beats against 2 beats.
What is Hemiola?
The genre preceding jazz, "ragtime", was popularized mostly by which composer?
Who is Scott Joplin?
The maximum number of 16th notes found in a measure of 7/8.
What is 14?
This jazz standard is an adaptation of the French song "Les Feuilles Mortes", translated as "The Dead Leaves".
What is Autumn Leaves?
The pitch on the middle line of the tenor clef staff.
What is A?
This Italian word means "dying away".
This genre of music developed in the 9th and 10th centuries in medieval European churches and is one of the most important foundations of all Western music.
What is Gregorian Chant?
This is a major triad used in rare chord progressions which is built on the lowered 2nd scale degree.
What is a Neapolitan Sixth Chord?
This song was written in 1954 by Bart Howard, and closely associated with NASA missions of the mid-1900s.
What is Fly Me To The Moon?