Know Your Note Names
In My Family
Troubling Terminology
Rockin' Rhythms
Entertaining Ensembles
100
The first line of the treble clef staff
What is E?
100
The violin belongs to this family of instruments
What is strings?
100
The Italian word that means "loud"
What is "forte"?
100
A quarter note gets this many beats
What is 1?
100
A solo consists of this many performers
What is 1?
200
The second space of the treble clef staff
What is A?
200
The trumpet belongs to this family of instruments
What is brass?
200
The Italian word that means "soft"
What is "piano"?
200
A half note gets this many beats
What is 2?
200
A duet contains this many performers
What is 2?
300
The fourth line of the treble clef staff
What is D?
300
The cymbals belong to this instrument family
What is percussion?
300
You do this when the music says to "crescendo"
What is get louder?
300
A whole note gets this many beats
What is 4?
300
An octet contains this many performers
What is 8?
400
The fourth space of the treble clef staff
What is E?
400
The saxophone belongs to this family of instruments
What is woodwinds?
400
You do this when the music says "decrescendo"
What is get softer?
400
An eighth note gets this many beats
What is 1/2?
400
A septet contains this many performers
What is 7?
500
The space directly below the bottom line of the treble clef staff
What is D?
500
The reason why the piano could be in more than one family of instruments (and which two families they are)
What is percussion (because you strike a key), and strings (because the strings vibrate to make a sound)?
500
You do this when you see a fermata above a note
What is hold the note out for longer than it's value?
500
A sixteenth note gets this many beats
What is 1/4?
500
A nonet contains this many performers
What is 9?
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