Musical Math
Music History
Foreign Terms
Musical Symbols
Note Names & Values
100
What's one half note + one whole note?
What is 6 beats
100
This Classical Era composer wrote over 600 works. He began composing at age 5 and is known for writing the children's song "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"
Who is Mozart
100
The Italian word meaning to play softly
What is piano
100
This symbol means to lower a note by one half step
What is Flat
100
This note gets half of a beat in 4/4 time
What is an Eighth Note
200
What's a dotted half note plus a quarter note?
What is 4 beats
200
This Baroque Era woodwind instrument was popular in Medieval times and is often now played in elementary school music classrooms
What is the Recorder
200
The Italian word meaning to play medium loud
What is mezzo forte
200
This symbol means to gradually get softer
What is Descrescendo
200
Choose Treble or Bass Clef: This note is on the bottom line of the staff
What is E (Treble) or G (Bass)
300
What's a whole note minus a half note plus a quarter note?
What is 3 beats?
300
This German composer wrote music during the Romantic Era and continued to compose even after becoming completely deaf
Who is Beethoven
300
This Italian word means "becoming gradually slower"
What is Ritardando
300
This symbol means to play the note very short or separated
What is Staccato
300
This note gets one and a half beats in 4/4 time
What is a Dotted Quarter Note
400
What's a quarter note plus two eighth notes times a half note?
What is 4 beats
400
This keyboard instrument came before the piano. While it looks similar to a piano, it produces sound by plucking strings instead of hammering them. It was widely used during the Renaissance and Baroque Eras.
What is a Harpsichord
400
This Italian word means to gradually get louder
What is Crescendo
400
This symbol means to hold the note longer than the normal duration or until your conductor cuts you off
What is Fermata
400
Choose Treble clef or Bass clef: This note is on the top line of the staff.
What is F (Treble) or A (Bass)
500
What is a dotted quarter note plus a dotted half note?
What is 4 1/2 beats
500
Ode to Joy is another name for Beethoven's ______ Symphony
What is Ninth
500
This french French word means "the position and shape of the mouth of a wind player as it meets their instrument"
What is Embouchure
500
This symbol cancels a flat or a sharp
What is a Natural
500
Choose Treble Clef or Bass Clef: This line is on the first ledger line ABOVE the staff.
What is A (Treble) or C (Bass)