Music Notation
Music Terminology
Composers
Instrument Families
100

This note is twice as long as a quarter note

Half note

100

This Italian word means "soft" in music.

Piano

100

This composer wrote "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" variations and is famous for composing keyboard music.

Mozart

100

This family includes violins, violas, cellos, and double basses.

String family

200

The five horizontal lines and four spaces where notes are written is called the ___.

Staff

200

The speed of the music is called the ___.

Tempo

200

This composer wrote The Four Seasons

Vivaldi

200

This family includes trumpets, trombones, and tubas and makes sound when the player's lip vibration creates the tone.

Brass family

300

This sign raises a note by one half step.

Sharp (#)
300

When two or more notes sound together, it is called a ___.

Chord

300

He is a famous German composer who wrote many symphonies including the Ninth Symphony with “Ode to Joy.”

Bethoven

300

Instruments in this family make sound when air vibrates inside them (like flutes and clarinets).

Woodwind family

400

The pair of vertical lines with two dots that shows a section should be repeated is called a ___ sign.

Repeat

400

This word means to play gradually louder.

Crescendo
400

Name a composer from the 20th or 21st century whose music students might hear in film or cartoons.

John Williams

400

Instruments in this family include the snare drum and bass drum; they are hit or shaken to make sound.

Percussion

500

Name the clef that shows middle C on the first ledger line below the staff. This clef is often used for higher voices and instruments (like flute, clarinet, and saxophone)

Treble

500

This means to play the note separated.

Staccato

500

This composer wrote the music for the movie Tarzan.

Phil Collins

500

Name one instrument that belongs to the percussion family but can also be part of orchestras or bands.

Piano
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