Style
This symbol over or under a notehead means to emphasize the note
What is an accent ?
This note has a duration of 3 beats
What is a dotted half note?
A sequence of notes
What is a scale?
This Italian tempo marking means "Quickly".
What is Allegro?
A famous symphonist who went deaf. He wrote 9 symphonies, the last of which included his famous "Ode to Joy".
Who is Ludwig Beethoven?
This symbol over or under a notehead means to play the note short or with space.
What is staccato?
This note has a duration of 1 1/2 beats.
What is a dotted quarter note?
Numbered step of a scale.
What is a scale degree?
This Italian tempo marking means "slowly, walking speed".
What is Andante?
This baroque era German composer is most famous for his church music and chorales. Several of his children also went on to become prominent composers.
Who is Johann Sebastian Bach?
What is a phrase?
These sharps or flats written at the beginning of the staff last for the entire song.
What is a Key Signature?
Interval of 8 steps at which the letter names repeat.
What is an octave?
This Italian tempo marking means "slowing".
What is ritardando?
This American composer of the Contemporary era wrote High School Cadets and popularized bands in America. He wrote many patriotic marches and famously invented a marching tuba named after him.
Who is John Phillip Sousa?
What is Chorale-style?
These sharps, flats, or naturals written to the left of the notehead last for the entire measure.
What are accidentals ?
3 or more notes played together.
What is a chord?
This Italian dynamic marking means "very softly".
What is pianissimo?
This composer of March Militaire wrote over 600 hundred songs and lived between the Classical and Romantic eras. He died younger than any other great composer.
Who is Franz Schubert?
This style is played with energetic, separated notes
What is March-style?
The lines used for musical notes above or below the the five lines of the staff.
What are leger lines?
What is an arpeggio?
This Italian dynamic marking means "loud, then suddenly softly".
What is fortepiano?
This early 20th century American who was born poor in New Orleans popularized Jazz music and was one of the largest influencers of its style and development and elevated the role of improvisation in jazz.
Who is Louis Armstrong?