Instruments
Pitches
Rhythms
Composers/Musicians
Expression
100

This 6-stringed instrument is strummed.

What is a GUITAR?

100
#1 - This pitch is on the 1st line of the treble clef staff.
What is E?
100
This note lasts for 1 beat.
What is a quarter note?
100
This composer was a child prodigy (young genius), his music was more complex than others of its time, and he died very young.
Who is Mozart?
100
This is the music word for "quiet".
What is "piano"?
200
Instruments in this family are either struck, shaken, or scraped.
What is the PERCUSSION FAMILY?
200
#2 - This pitch is on the 3rd space of the treble clef staff.
What is C?
200

This music symbol means a beat of silence.

What is a quarter rest?

200
This composer wrote a lot of organ music, string music, and for churches - and had 20 children.
Who is Bach?
200
This is the music word for "VERY fast".
What is "presto"?
300
Instruments in this family include the trumpet, French horn, trombone, and tuba.
What is the BRASS FAMILY?
300
#3 - This pitch is on the 4th line of the treble clef staff.
What is D?
300
This note lasts for 4 beats.
What is a whole note?
300

This composer bridged the gap between the Classical and Romantic eras of classical music.  Went deaf at the end of his life due to suspected lead poisoning.

Who is Ludwig van Beethoven?

300
This is the music word for "medium loud".
What is "mezzo forte"?
400
The saxophone is a member of this family.
What is the WOODWIND FAMILY?
400

#4 - The word we use to remember the line notes.

What is "FACE'?

400
This is how long an eighth note (filled in, stem, flag) (ti) lasts.
What is 1/2 of a beat?
400

The child of a barber surgeon, born in Germany but became more associated with England, as he spent most of his adult life there. Best known for his oratorio "The Messiah".

Who is George Frideric Handel?

400
This is the music word for how fast or slow the beat of the music is played.
What is "tempo"?
500
This Italian word means "plucked", and applies only to String family instruments.
What is "pizzicato"?
500

#5 - One acryonym you can use to remember the lines notes.

What is "Every Good Boy Does Fine"?

500
This is how long two eighth notes beamed together (ti-ti) last.
What is 1 beat?
500

This New Orleans musician was famous for playing the trumpet, his gravelly sounding voice, and for performing the hit song "What a Wonderful World".

Who is Louis Armstrong?

500

This is the music word for how quietly or loudly the music is played.

What is "dynamics"?

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