Instruments
Music Terms
Symbols
How many beats?
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100

The four families of instruments

Woodwind, brass, percussion, strings
100

The word that means the speed of music

Tempo

100
Explain a repeat sign
Go back to the beginning and play again
100
Quarter Note
1 beat
100

What is the name of the short/long symbols of music?

Rhythm

200

A percussion instrument that is set up like a keyboard

Marimba, xylophone, bells, vibes

200

The word that means the volume of music?

Dynamics

200

What do we call the high or low notes an instrument plays?

Pitch

200
Half note
2 beats
200

What do we call the sound we make in music?

Tone

300

Which brass instrument does not have valves?

Trombone

300

What is the name of the short/long patterns that make up music?

Rhythm

300

What separates measures

Bar line

300
Whole note
4 beats
300

Where is the composer listed on the music?

In the top right corner

400

What two instruments play with a double reed?

Oboe and bassoon

400

This is put at the end of a song or line of music to indicate the end.

Double Bar

400

The dot above or below a note that tells you to play short and separated

Staccato

400

Whole Rest

4 beats

400

Where is the instrument listed on music?

In the top left corner

500

The French word for how you form your face/lips/chin/muscles to make the best sound

Embouchure

500

Name the two clefs in band

Treble and bass

500

What is the symbol that lowers a pitch a half step

Flat

500
Eighth Note

1/2 beat

500

What symbol raises a pitch a half step

Sharp