Dynamics
Musical Signs
Articulation
Treble Clef
Note Values
100

The base dynamic for a soft volume

What is piano?

100

This tells us how many beats are in a measure, and what note value represents the beat

What is a Time Signature?

100

This articulation means short and detached (Hint: Ti)

What is Staccato?

100

The alternative name for the treble clef

what is the G clef?

100

This note value receives one beat in 4/4 time

What is a quarter note?

200

The base dynamic for a loud volume

What is forte?

200

This is a collection of sharps and flats at the beginning of a piece that tells us which version of each note we will use. Also shows where Do is

What is a Key Signature?

200

This articulation means to play smooth, connected, and without breaks in the sound (Hint: La/Da)

What is Legato/Tenuto?

200

The line names for the treble clef

E,G,B,D,F

200

A half note gets this many beats in 4/4 time

What is two?

300

The prefix for middle, medium, half

What is Mezzo?

300

This symbol means to hold a note for an extended period of time until a conductor cuts you off

What is a Fermata?

300

This articulation means to play an accented note with slight separation between notes (Hint: Tah)

What is Marcato?

300

The space names for the treble clef

F,A,C,E

300

A note that gets four beats in 4/4 time

What is a Whole Note?

400

The suffix for very

What is -Issimo?

400

These three symbols tell us to lower a note, raise a note, or cancel out the other two notes

What are Flat, Sharp, and Natural?

400

Rapidly alternating between two notes

What is a trill?

400

The note that sits below the bottom line of the treble clef

What is D?

400
This note value gets half of a beat in 4/4 time (Hint: a pair of them equal one beat

What is an Eighth Note?

500

A sudden, forced loud

What is Sforzando?

500

These are two signs, usually used in conjunction, that inform us of a place to repeat back to, and when to jump to an ending chunk of music

What are D.S. and Coda?

500

This is a curved line between two notes of the SAME pitch. It means to add the note values together

What is a Tie?

500

The note that sits on the top line of the treble clef

What is G?

500

This many eighth notes equals one whole note

What is eight?

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