Music Symbols
The line that separates measures
What is a barline?
The top line of the treble clef?
The Italian word for loud.
What is Forte?
The Italian word for Moderately.
What is Moderato?
The steady pulse found in music.
What is the beat?
The space between the barlines.
What is a measure?
The first space of the treble clef.
What is an F?
The Italian word for soft.
What is Piano?
The term that indicates "walking tempo?"
What is Andante?
The name for the set of numbers found at the very beginning of a song.
What is a time signature?
The clef where the higher notes are found.
What is a treble clef?
The middle line of of the treble clef.
What is B?
The word for getting louder.
What is Crescendo?
The term for getting faster.
What is Accelerando?
A symbol that increases the value of a note by half its value.
What is a dot?
The clef where the lower notes are found.
What is a bass clef?
The middle line of the bass clef.
What is D?
The Italian word for very soft.
What is Pianissimo?
The term for getting slower?
What is Ritardando?
A note that receives 3 beats in 4/4 time.
What is a dotted half note?
Lines that are used to extend the staff.
What is a ledger line?
The place where the notes are kept.
What is a staff?
The Italian word for suddenly soft.
What is Subito?
The Italian term for return to the original tempo.
What is A Tempo?
The number of beats per measure in 6/8 time.
What is 6?