Elements of Music
This element refers to how loud or soft music is.
What is dynamics?
This note gets one beat in common time.
What is a quarter note?
This accidental raises a note by a half step.
What is a sharp?
This is the highest female singing voice.
What is soprano?
This string instrument is the smallest and highest-pitched in the orchestra string family.
What is the violin?
This element describes the speed of music.
What is tempo?
This note receives two beats.
What is a half note?
This accidental lowers a note by a half step.
What is a flat?
What is bass?
This brass instrument has a slide that changes the pitch instead of valves.
What is the trombone?
This element refers to the tune or main musical line you sing or play.
What is melody?
This note receives four beats in common time.
What is a whole note?
This accidental cancels a sharp or flat.
What is a natural?
This voice type is between soprano and alto.
What is mezzo soprano?
This large string instrument is usually played while sitting and rest on the floor with a spike.
What is the cello?
This element refers to how short or long the sounds are.
What is rhythm?
Two of these equal a quarter note.
What are eighth notes?
The distance between two adjacent piano keys (including black keys) is called this.
What is a half step?
This is the highest male singing voice in classical singing.
What is tenor?
This woodwind instrument uses a double reed and often tunes the orchestra.
What is the oboe?
This element describes the tone color or unique sound of an instrument or voice.
What is timbre?
This symbol adds half the value to a note.
What is a dot?
This interval equals two half steps.
What is a whole step?
This voice type is between soprano and tenor in a choir and is usually sung by lower female voices.
What is alto?
This percussion instrument has wooden bars arranged like a keyboard and is struck with mallets.
What is the xylophone?