Rhythm Reading
Music Vocabulary
Dynamic Markings
Musical Signs
Musical Instruments
100
This note has the value of 1 beat
What is a quarter note
100
This indicates silence in music
What is a rest
100
This dynamic marking tells the musician to play "loudly"
What is forte
100
This connects two of the same note together to create a longer note
What is a tie
100
The modern version of this high-pitched woodwind instrument is not actually made of wood; instead it is commonly made of silver or silver-colored metal
What is the flute
200
This note has a value of 2 beats
What is a half note
200
This tells how many beats are in each measure
What is the time signature
200
This dynamic marking tells the musician to play "soft"
What is piano
200
This music sign indicates that a note should be held longer than the written value
What is a fermata
200
The instrument has the highest range in the brass family.
What is the trumpet
300
This note has a value of 1/2 beats
What is an eighth note
300
This is a short segment of music separated by bar lines
What is a measure
300
This dynamic marking tells the musician to play "very loudly"
What is fortissimo (ff)
300
This connects notes of different pitches
What is a slur
300
This large non-pitched percussion instrument is named the "gran cassa" in Italian
What is the bass drum
400
This note is 1 silent beat of music
What is a quarter rest
400
This is the system of five lines that we write music on
What is a staff
400
This dynamic marking tells the musician to play "medium soft"
What is mezzo piano (mp)
400
This indicates a note should have a strong attack
What is an accent
400
This brass instrument does not have any valves or keys.
What is the trombone
500
This note has the value of 1 and 1/2 beats
What is a dotted quarter note
500
This tells how many sharps or flats are in a song
What is the key signature
500
This dynamic marking tells the musician to attack the note loudly, then immediately play soft
What is forte piano (fp)
500
Notes with these markings should be played short and separate
What is staccato
500
This larger double reed instrument plays the grandfather's theme in "Peter and the Wolf"
What is the bassoon
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