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100
This note gets only one beat in 4/4 time.
What is a quarter note?
100
It has no sharps and no flats.
What is the key of C?
100
This Italian word means “becoming gradually slower.”
What is Ritardando or Rallentando?
100
Moving by half steps only?
What is Chromatics?
100
To play the notes short and with separation.
What is Staccato?
200
This note gets two beats in 4/4 time.
What is a half note?
200
It has 3 flats in it.
What is the key of E flat?
200
This Italian word means “cheerful, quick, or fast.”
What is Allegro?
200
To return to the beginning and end at the "finish".
What is D.C. al Fine?
200
Connect the notes without separation.
What is a Slur?
300
This note gets half of a beat in 4/4 time.
What is an eighth note?
300
It has 2 sharps in the key signature.
What is the key of D?
300
Two notes that are written differently but sound and are fingered the same.
What is Enharmonics?
300
This Italian word means “medium loud”.
What is mezzo forte?
300
Play the notes for their full value.
What is Tenuto?
400
This note gets one and a half beats in 4/4 time.
What is a dotted quarter note?
400
Bb, Eb, Ab & Db belong in this key.
What is the key of A flat?
400
When you stress the upbeats in a rhythm.
What is Syncopation?
400
3 notes played evenly in the space of 2 beats.
What are Quarter Note Triplets?
400
A musical sentence.
What is a Phrase?
500
This note gets one fourth of a beat in 4/4 time. Four of these fit in one beat.
What is a sixteenth note?
500
It only has B flat in the key signature.
What is the key of F?
500
This French word means “the position and shape of the mouth of a wind player.”
What is embouchure?
500
These Italian words mean “to return to the original tempo, or speed.”
What is the A Tempo?
500
A note that is played short with a slight attack.
What is Marcato or Accent?