Rhythms
This is the pulse of music, which you keep steady by tapping your foot.
What is the beat?
This instrument family includes the flute, clarinet, and saxophone.
What is the Woodwind family?
This Italian word means to play softly and is marked with the letter p.
What is piano?
The five lines and four spaces where notes and rests are written.
What is the music staff?
The name for the five lines and four spaces that music is written on.
What is the staff?
This note gets one beat and looks like a solid black circle with a stem.
What is a quarter note?
You make a sound on a trumpet by buzzing your lips into this part.
What is the mouthpiece?
This Italian word means to play loudly and is marked with the letter f.
What is forte?
This symbol indicates the end of a piece of music.
What is the double bar?
These are the letters of the musical alphabet.
What are A, B, C, D, E, F, and G?
This note, played for four beats, looks like an open circle with no stem.
What is a whole note?
Instruments in this family are typically played by striking, scraping, or shaking them.
What is the Percussion family?
This Italian dynamic means to play moderately loud and is marked mf.
What is mezzo forte?
This symbol at the beginning of a piece tells you that the second line of the staff is the note G.
What is the Treble Clef (or G Clef)?
The first number in a time signature tells you this.
What is how many beats are in a measure?
This rest, worth two silent beats, looks like a black rectangle sitting on the third line of the staff.
What is a half rest?
The sound on a brass instrument is changed by pressing down on these.
What are the valves (or slides, for a trombone)?
This dynamic symbol tells you to gradually get louder.
What is a crescendo?
This symbol tells you how many beats per measure and which kind of note gets one beat.
What is the Time Signature?
This clef is used for the clarinet, flute, trumpet, and alto saxophone.
What is the treble clef?
These notes, connected with a beam, each get one-half of a beat.
What are eighth notes?
Unlike most of its family members, this woodwind instrument does not use a reed to make a sound.
What is the flute (or piccolo)?
This Italian dynamic means to play moderately soft and is marked mp.
What is mezzo piano?
This symbol tells the player to repeat the section of music that comes before it.
What is a repeat sign?
The musical term for the 'highness' or 'lowness' of a sound.
What is pitch?