Reading Music
This note is written on the 2nd space of the treble clef staff.
What is A?
Recording different microphones to different tracks at the same time.
What is multitracking?
This instrument family is played by striking one object with another
What is percussion?
This type of note gets one beat.
What are quarter notes?
Background music in a movie is called this.
What is underscoring?
This note is written on the third line of the treble clef staff.
What is B?
This type of program allows recording engineers to record and mix sounds on the computer.
What is Digital Audio Workstation (DAW)?
This is the smallest brass instrument in a symphony orchestra.
What is the trumpet?
This tells how many beats are in each measure.
What is meter/time signature?
A recurring musical idea.
What is a motif?
This note is written on the fourth space of the treble clef staff.
What is E?
This device recorded sound by cutting grooves into a wax disc or cylinder.
What is phonograph?
This string instrument is larger than a violin, but smaller than a cello.
What is the viola?
Two of these can fit into one beat.
What are eighth notes?
The volume of the music.
What is dynamics?
This note is written in the space just below the treble clef staff.
What is D?
All sound is created by this.
What is vibration?
In Peter and the Wolf, this instrument represents the cat.
What is the clarinet?
When counting sixteenth notes, these syllables are used.
What are 1 e and a?
This composer wrote the music for Jaws, E.T., and Star Wars, as well as several other well-known movies.
Who is John Williams?
This note is written on the ledger line below the treble clef staff.
What is C?
Multi-tracking was possible due to the invention of this way to record sound, rather than using wax discs.
What is magnetic tape?
This instrument, played with a double reed, is larger than the oboe.
What is the bassoon?
These are used to indicate silence.
What are rests?
The speed of the music.
What is tempo?