Parts of the Staff
Treble, Alto, Bass, and Tenor are all examples of this symbol found at the beginning of music.
What are clefs?
Major, minor, diminished and augmented are all different examples of this three-note harmonic construct.
What is a triad?
Largo, moderato, and vivace are all examples of this kind of marking.
What is tempo?
Major Scales that span an octave have this many notes in them.
What is 8?
When members of an ensemble match their pitch at the beginning of a rehearsal, they are fixing this.
What is intonation/tuning?
This symbol, typically two numbers, tells you how many beats per measure and what note value is a beat.
What is a time signature?
This refers to the position a triad is in when the bass note is the primary note in the chord.
What is root position?
To play soft, to play loud: these symbols dictate just that!
What are dynamics?
In the key of E Major, there would be how many sharps?
What is 4 sharps?
This ensemble allows you to try out different instruments that you wouldn't normally play, and is open to all students regardless of experience.
What is Swamp Band?
This section at the beginning of the staff tells you how many sharps or flats are in a piece of music.
What is the key signature?
This refers to when a triad does not have the root as the bass note, and is instead in one of these.
What is an inversion?
Also known as bpm, this can indicate the speed of a piece or your current heart rate.
What is beats per minute?
The numbers that are used to designate each pitch within a scale are know as these.
What are scale degrees?
This is when two notes are spelled differently, but sound the same pitch.
What are enharmonics?
What is a Grand Staff?
Contrary to it's name, this interval is when two notes are 7 half-steps apart.
What is a Perfect 5th (P5)?
This symbol means to continue playing a note until stopped by the conductor.
What is a fermata?
In the key of Ab Major, there would be how many flats?
What is the 4 flats?
Slang for where you need to go to practice, it is also where people commonly store yard working equipment or farm equipment?
What is the shed/wood shed?
The easiest way to tell if a piece of music has ended; you always find this symbol at the end of your sheet music.
What is a double bar line?
The 4th, 5th, and 8th scale intervals in a major scale have this "flawless" denotation.
What is Perfect?
What is a grand pause/caesura?
This tool, which moves in Perfect 5ths, displays all 12 major keys (and minor, sometimes).
What is the Circle of Fifths?
What is a trill?