Elements of Music
Patterns of sound and their duration
What is Rhythm?
Duration: 1 beat
What is Quarter Note?
To what family does a saxophone belong?
What is woodwind?
The names of the two main clefs used in Western music notation.
What is Treble and Bass?
What is a measure?
A group of beats
The volume of music
What are dynamics?
Duration: 2 beats
What is Half Note?
To what family do timpani belong?
What is percussion?
The number of lines on a staff
What is 5?
What is meter?
Recurring patterns of beats
Two or more notes played at a time
What is harmony?
Duration: Half of a beat
What is Eighth Note?
The number of instrument families there are in the Western orchestra
What is 4?
The number of spaces on a staff
What is 4?
What does the top number of a time signature tell us?
How many beats are in a measure
The structure of a song
What is form?
Duration: 1 beat (of silence)
What is Quarter Rest?
To what family does a violin belong?
What is strings?
The order of space notes on a treble clef staff.
What is FACE?
The speed of the beat
The musical quality or "color" of a tone
What is timbre?
Duration: 4 beats
What is whole note?
This instrument family shares a name with the material that its instruments are mostly made out of.
What is brass?
The order of line notes on a treble clef staff?
What is EGBDF?
Which tempo means "fast"?
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