Musical Notation
Silence
Sound
Rhythm and Tempo
What is Music?
100
Music is written on a set of 5 lines and 4 spaces.
What is a staff?
100
This sign tells how long the musician must pause before going on.
What is a rest?
100
This note is on the 3rd space of the treble clef.
What is a C?
100
This is the "heartbeat" of music.
What is rhythm?
100
This is made up of sound and silence.
What is music?
200
This sign ends by wrapping around the G line and is used for voices in the higher range.
What is a treble clef?
200
This is the longest rest and looks like a hat upside down.
What is a whole rest?
200
This note is on the 1st line of the bass clef.
What is a low G?
200
This refers to how fast or slow the rhythm is.
What is tempo?
200
This is the position of the tone in the musical scale.
What is pitch?
300
This sign starts on the F line and has two dots on each side of the F line and is used for voices in the lower range.
What is the bass clef?
300
This rest is equal to 2 eighth notes.
What is a quarter rest?
300
What note is on the 4th line of the treble clef.
What is a high D?
300
This is when the accented beat does not fall on the first beat of the measure.
What is syncopation?
300
Sound waves do this as they move through the air.
What is vibrate?
400
These vertical lines on the staff are used to help divide music up.
What are bar lines?
400
This rest looks like a 7.
What is an eighth rest?
400
This note as the same name whether it is on the 2nd space of the bass clef or the 3rd space of the treble clef.
What is a C?
400
This is the slowest tempo.
What is largo?
400
This is the rate at which sound waves vibrate.
What is frequency?
500
This space between the bar lines would have 3 quarter notes to fill it.
What is a measure in 3/4 time?
500
This rest is twice as long as a quarter rest.
What is a half rest?
500
What word do the spaces in the treble clef spell.
What is FACE?
500
This is the fastest tempo.
What is presto?
500
What part of our body vibrates when sound waves reach them.
What are eardrums?
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