Music Notation
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Music Vocabulary
Potpourri
Instrument Families
100
The name of this note.
What is a whole note?
100
A short, repeated musical pattern.
What is ostinato?
100
This Italian term means to play very loud.
What is fortissimo?
100
The name of this note.
What is a half note?
100
A family of instruments played by striking, shaking or scraping.
What is Percussion Family?
200
The name of this rest.
What is a half rest?
200
This musical ensemble combines strings, woodwinds, brass and percussion.
What is the orchestra?
200
This Italian term means to play fast.
What is allegro?
200
What is a band?
200
The instrument family that produces sound by plucking or bowing a string.
What is the String Family?
300
This symbol means the end of the song.
What is a double bar line or final bar line?
300
This style of music was developed by African American slaves and has religious words and hidden meanings.
What are Spirituals?
300
This Italian term means to play very soft.
What is pp or pianissimo?
300
The unique sound of each instrument or voice.
What is timbre?
300
The instrument family that uses a wooden reed to produce sound (except for the flute).
What is the Woodwind Family?
400
The name of this symbol.
What is a whole rest?
400
How many beats does a dotted half note get?
What is 3?
400
To gradually get softer.
What is decrescendo?
400
ABACA
What is rondo?
400
The instrument family that produces sound by buzzing the lips into a mouthpiece.
What is the Brass Family?
500
The order or pattern of the sections in a piece of music.
Examples: AABA Verse and Refrain
What is form?
500
The area between two bar lines.
What is a measure?
500
Playing or singing the same part at the same time.
What is unison?
500
The person who leads or directs a musical group.
What is the Conductor?
500
An ensemble of musicians including brass, woodwinds and percussion.
What is the Band?