Note Values
Time Signatures
Instrument Families
Notes on the Scale
Dynamics/Tempos
Miscellaneous
100
This note is worth 4 quarter notes
What is a whole note?
100
The time signature that is so common it's nickname is Common Time.
What is 4/4
100
The family that creates sound by being struck or hit.
What is the percussion family?
100
Every Good Boy Does Fine/Every Gender Buys Designer Fashion are Mnemonic devices to learn the notes on the lines of this clef.
What is the treble clef?
100
This dynamic means soft.
What is piano?
100
This Russian composer wrote "The Nutcracker."
Who is Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky?
200
This type of symbol means to be silent.
What is a rest?
200
The number that tells how many beats per measure.
What is the top number of the time signature?
200
The cello belongs to this family.
What is the string family?
200
This clef is lower than the treble clef.
What is the bass clef?
200
This dynamic means strong or loud.
What is forte?
200
This incredible composer went deaf later in life.
Who is Ludwig von Beethoven?
300
2 of these make up a quarter note.
What is an 8th note?
300
This time signature is used for the waltz.
What is 3/4?
300
This instrument is a member of the brass family.
What is the tuba?
300
The symbol that shows that the
second line is a G.
What is a treble clef?
300
This tempo means or broadly.
What is largo?
300
This American Jazz Composer made arrangements of pieces from The Nutcracker.
Who is Duke Ellington?
400
This symbol means to be silent for 2 beats.
What is a half rest?
400
This number tells what type of note gets the beat.
What is the bottom number of the time signature?
400
The instruments in this family make sound by blowing air over a mouthpiece.
What is the woodwind family?
400
All Cows Eat Grass is a Mnemonic device to remember the notes on the spaces of this clef.
What is the bass clef?
400
This tempo marking means fast or bright.
What is allegro?
400
Music that is sung by a group of singers that sing in harmony.
What is Choir?
500
It takes quite a few of these to make a whole note!
What is a 32nd note?
500
The time signature for a piece that has 3 eighth notes per measure.
What is 3/8?
500
This instrument is often debated - is it string or percussion?
What is the piano?
500
This less common clef is used by violas.
What is the Alto Clef?
500
The symbol that means gradually get louder.
What is crescendo?
500
Early Medieval music, or chant, did not include harmony, just one single line of notes moving up and down.
What is a melody?