On Staff
5 lines and 4 spaces for writing music
What is a staff?
I have 4 counts
What is a whole note?
Tempo means. . .
What is the speed of the beat?
Clarinet, oboe, sax
What is the woodwind family?
1 beat
What is a quarter note
Also called a G clef
What is the treble clef?
3rd space in the treble clef
What is a "C"?
Forte
What is loud?
Trumpet, tuba, trombone
What is the brass family?
These two rests look similar but one is upside down
What is a half rest and whole rest?
Divides the staff into measures
What is a bar line?
The number of 8th notes in a quarter note
What is two?
The opposite of forte
What is piano?
Violin, viola, cello, bass
What is the string family?
2 counts
What is a half note?
Indicates how many beats in each measure and what kind of not receives one beat
What is a time signature?
The violin is in this instrument family
What is the strings or chordaphone family?
Timbre
What is the quality of sound?
Piano, cymbals, snare
What is the percussion family?
There are 16 of these in a whole note
What is a sixteenth note?
Playing the same beginning at different times
What is a round/canon?
The string/note we always tune first in orchestra
What is "A"?
Decrescendo means
What is gradually getting softer?
A dot does this to a note's value
What is add half of the value of the note?
This note gets 1 count in 6/8 time
What is an eighth note?