Notes On the Staff
Note and Rest Values
Solfège
Piano/Keyboard
All About Your Teacher
100
The first line on the treble staff

What is E?

100

The amount of beats in a quarter note

What is 1 beat?

100

The first solfège syllable in a major scale

What is do?

100

The finger numbers on the right hand for playing any pentatonic scale

What is 1-2-3-4-5?

100

The first name of your music teacher

What is Joslyn?

200

The 3rd space on the treble staff

What is C?

200

The amount of beats in a half note plus a whole note

What is 6 beats?

200

The third solfège syllable in a major scale

What is mi?

200
The finger numbers on the right hand for playing any major scale

What is 1-2-3-1-2-3-4-5?

200

The name of the college Ms. Henderson went to for undergrad, earning her Bachelor of Arts in Music

What is Spelman College?

300

This note connects the treble and bass staves — it’s on the line just below the treble staff and just above the bass staff

What is Middle C/C4?

300

The rhythmic notation for our clapped call to attention

What is 1 2 3 + 4?

300

The hand sign for the first solfège syllable

What is do—closed fist, thumb facing your body?

300

The notes that make up the C Major scale, in order

What is C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C?

300

The city where Ms. Henderson was raised and is from

Hint: She also went to college in this city

What is Atlanta, GA?

400

The phrase that the spaces of the bass staff spell out

What is ACEG?

400

If you see an eighth note and two sixteenth notes starting on beat 1, you’d count it this way

What is "1 + a?" (one and-a)

400

This hand sign represents the fifth solfège syllable

What is sol/so — hand up, thumb up, palm facing your body?

400

The notes of the G Major Scale, in order

What is G, A, B, C, D, E, F#, G?

400

The number of siblings Ms. Henderson has

What is 2?

3 will be accepted with explanation

500

The mnemonic phrase used to remember the lines of the bass staff

What is "Good Boys Do Fine Always?"

500
This is a word that can be represented by 4 sixteenth notes

What is the watermelon, Mississippi, avocado, etc.?

500

The hand sign for the sixth solfège syllable

What is la—if you know, you know?

500

In a left-hand major scale, this finger crosses over the thumb to continue the pattern smoothly

What is the middle finger?

500

The sorority Ms. Henderson is a proud member of. This sorority just celebrated its Founders Day last Tuesday on January 13th.

What is Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated?

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