Notes & Beats
Meters
Definitions
All in the Family
I Got Rhythm
100

This note is played louder than others in a phrase.

What is an accent?

100

I have 4 counts

What is a whole note?

100

Tempo means. . . 

What is the speed of the beat?

100

Clarinet, oboe, sax

What is the woodwind family?

100

1 beat

What is a quarter note

200

I make 1 beat

What is a quarter note ?

200

I am the meter for a Waltz

What is a 3 or 3/4?

200

Forte

What is loud?

200

Trumpet, tuba, trombone

What is the brass family?

200

These two rests look similar but one is upside down

What is a half rest and whole rest?

300

I make 1 beat, but have 2 notes

What is a eight note?

300

I am the meter for marching

What is 2 or 2/4? 

300

The opposite of forte

What is piano?

300

Guitar, viola, cello

What is the string family?

300

2 counts

What is a half note?

400

I don't make any sound.

What is a rest?

400

Woodwind or brass -- snare drum

What is neither?

400

Timbre

What is the quality of sound?

400

Piano, cymbals, snare

What is the percussion family?

400

There are 16 of these in a whole note

What is a sixteenth note?

500

I'm played in between 2 downbeats

What is an upbeat?

500

Tuning note for Eb sax

What is "G"?

500

Decrescendo means

What is gradually getting softer?

500

Tambourine

What is the percussion family?

500

This note gets 1 count in 6/8 time

What is an eighth note?

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