Note Names
The first note in the musical alphabet
What is A?
This note gets 1 beat
What is a quarter note.
How we are supposed to sit in front of the keyboard. (Straight spine, feet flat against the floor.)
What is posture?
The key of C has this many sharps.
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The Italian word for "loud"
What is forte?
There are ____ letters in the musical alphabet
What is 7?
This note gets 2 beats
What is a half note?
Sharp or flat notes that are in groups of two and groups of three on the keyboard.
What are black keys?
This clef sign is used for notes higher on the keyboard.
What is treble clef?
This tells you how many beats in a measure and what kind of note gets one beat.
What is the time signature?
This is the first note of your D Major scale.
What is D?
This kind of note gets 4 beats.
What is a whole note?
Fingers are identified using specific numbers. Example: pinky is 5.
What are fingerings?
This clef sign is used for notes lower on the keyboard.
What is the bass clef?
The accidental that cancels out a sharp and a flat.
What is a natural?
The first accidental in the D major scale
What is F-sharp?
This kind of note gets half of a beat
What is an eighth note?
How loudly or how softly you play.
What are dynamics?
This kind of rest receives half of a beat
What is an eighth rest?
A set of notes that are played in order, ascending and descending.
What is a scale?
The term for all of the notes we use in music.
What is the musical alphabet?
This is the total value of 3.
What is a dotted half note?
What is the grand staff?
A diagram that shows all of the accidentals used for every scale in music.
What is the circle of fifths?
Appearing between the clef and the time signature, this tells you which accidentals you are supposed to play in a piece.
What is the key signature?