Note Values
Music Symbols
Vocabulary
Instrument Families
Counting Rhythms
100

A rest that equals 2 beats

Half Rest

100

The Treble and Bass clef staff hooked together

Grand Staff

100

Tells you how many beats are in a measure

Time Signature

100

The smallest & highest pitched string instrument

Violin

100

100pt Rhythm

1 2 3 , 4

200

A note that equals 3 beats

Dotted Half Note

200

The symbol that lowers a pitch by a half step

Flat

200

This musical term means 'speed'

Tempo

200

The woodwind instrument that Squidward plays

Clarinet

200

200pt Rhythm

1 , 2 + , 3 + , 4

300

A rest that equals 1/2 of a beat

Eighth Rest

300

This symbol cancels a flat or sharp

Natural

300

Divides the music staff into measures

Bar Lines

300

This instrument family has cup shaped mouthpieces

Brass Family

300

300pt rhythm

1 , 2e+a , 3 , 4e+a

400

A note that equals 1 and 1/2 beats

Dotted Quarter Note

400

This symbol means to play moderately loud

Mezzo Forte (mf)

400

The distance between two notes

Interval

400

This instrument reads notes on the alto clef

Viola

400

400 Rhythm

1+2 , + , 3, 4 

500

A note that equals 1/4 of one beat

Sixteenth Note

500

This symbol adds half the value of the note in front of it

Dot

500

This dynamic term means "gradually louder"

Crescendo

500

This woodwind instrument represented the duck in Peter & the Wolf

Oboe

500

500pt rhythm

1 +a , 2 +a , 3 +a , 4 +a

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