General Vocab
Expressive Elements
Notation
Style/Genre, Form & Meter
Instruments & Performing Groups
100
A person who directs the performance of an orchestra, chorus or other musical ensemble
What is a Conductor
100
The word or notation that means to play loudly.
What is Forte or f?
100
The note that is on the first line of the treble clef staff?
What is an E?
100
A song that is sung to put a baby to sleep
What is a lullaby?
100
A performance by one person
What is a solo?
200
The words to a song
What are lyrics
200
The word or notation that means to play softly.
What is piano or p?
200
The clef that shows where the G is on the staff. It also is the clef used for the right hand of the piano. It is also the clef used to show notes women sing.
What is the Treble clef?
200
A musical genre with a steady tempo that a band might play in a parade.
What is a march?
200
An organized group of singers
What is a chorus or choir?
300
Two or more performers playing or singing the same part at the same time.
What is unison
300
The word or notation that means to get louder.
What is crescendo?
300
A note that is held for 2 counts.
What is a half note?
300
A song in which the voices enter one after the other, repeating exactly the same melody.
What is a canon or round (like Row, Row, Row Your Boat)?
300
An ensemble that does not include violin, viola or cellos.
What is a band?
400
The way in which the body is held when standing, sitting and walking
What is Posture
400
The words or notations that control the volume of a musical composition
What are dynamics (pp, p, mp, mf, f, ff, pianissimo, piano, mezzo piano, mezzo forte, forte, fortissimo)?
400
A note that is held for 4 counts.
What is a whole note?
400
Two or more songs that can be sung at the same time to produce harmony.
What are partner songs?
400
The guitar, mandolin, violin, viola, cello and stand up bass are part of this musical family
What are strings?
500
A short repeated musical pattern
What is Ostinato
500
The notation that tells you to play fast.
What is Allegro or Presto?
500
The note that is held for 1 count.
What is a quarter note?
500
In a song, the section of the music where the lyrics change but the melody stays the same
What is a Verse?
500
The four different percussion categories which percussion instruments can be divided into.
What are woods, metals, shakers and drums?