Notes On the Staff
What is E?
The amount of beats in a quarter note
What is 1 beat?
The first scale degree of solfège
What is do?
The pattern for creating a major scale
What is whole, whole, half, whole, whole, whole, half?
This orange fruit becomes a glowing decoration when you carve a face into it and put a candle inside
What is a pumpkin (jack-o-lantern)?
The 3rd space on the treble staff
What is C?
The amount of beats in a half note plus a whole note
What is 6 beats?
The third scale degree of solfège
What is mi?
The notes of the G Major Scale, in order
What is G, A, B, C, D, E, F#, G?
This Halloween tradition started as a way to keep away ghosts — now it’s mostly about candy and costumes
What is trick-or-treating?
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?
The rhythmic notation for our clapped call to attention
What is 1 2 3 + 4?
The hand sign for the first scale degree
What is do—closed fist, thumb facing your body?
The number of flat/s (flat notes) found in the F Major Scale
What is 1?
This spooky hit by Michael Jackson features dancing zombies and a famous laugh at the end by Vincent Price
What is Thriller?
The phrase that the spaces of the bass staff spell out
What is ACEG?
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)
This hand sign represents the 5th scale degree in solfege
What is sol/so — hand up, thumb up, palm facing your body?
The number of sharp/s (sharp notes) found in the key of A Major
What is 3?
In this classic Disney movie, a mother and daughter magically switch bodies for a day — and a brand-new sequel just dropped this year
What is Freaky Friday?
The mnemonic phrase used to remember the lines of the bass staff
What is "Good Boys Do Fine Always?"
This is the part of the beat where syncopation usually happens
The hand sign for the sixth scale degree in solfège
What is la—if you know, you know?
Using what you know about the major scale, the number of sharps found in E Major scale
An extra 500 points if you can name them
What is 4?
They are F#, G#, C#, and D#
This 2017 horror film directed by Jordan Peele explores racism through the story of a Black man visiting his white girlfriend’s family for the weekend
What is Get Out?