Tempo
Note Values
Note-Alterers
Symbols
Misc.
100
This tempo means "moderately."
What is "moderato"?
100
This note is equal to two beats
What is a half note?
100
This mark (which looks like a hashtag) raises the pitch of a note.
What is a sharp?
100
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What is a staff?
100
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What is mezzo piano?
200
This tempo means "at a walking pace."
What is "Andante"?
200
This note receives three beats.
What is a dotted half note?
200
This mark, that looks like a lower-case "B" lowers the pitch of a note.
What is a flat?
200
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What is an up-bow?
200
In a march style, literally "marked."
What is marcato?
300
This means "to slow down."
What is "ritardando"?
300
This note receives one and a half beats.
What is a dotted quarter note?
300

Violin and guitar play music in this clef

What is treble clef?

300
This symbol means to play a note shorter than its normal value.
What is staccato?
300
This instrument has eight strings and is tuned just like a violin.
What is a mandolin?
400
This means "lively" or "fast."
What is "Allegro"?
400
This note receives half a beat.
What is an eighth note?
400
A set of sharps or flats at the beginning of each line that designates which notes will be played.
What is a key signature?
400
This right-facing "alligator's mouth" means to play louder.
What is a crescendo?
400
This symbol looks like a tiny decrescendo and means to give more emphasis to a particular note.
What is an accent?
500
This means to increase speed.
What is "accelerando"?
500
This note receives a quarter of a beat.
What is a sixteenth note?
500

This curved line means to use one bow direction for the connected notes.

What's a  slur

500
This "bird's eye" means to continue playing a note until the conductor cues to move on.
What is a fermata?
500
This is the Italian word for "Always."
What is "sempre"?
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