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100
When playing the piano, the left hand typically plays in this clef

What is the bass clef?

100
This musical object has five lines and four spaces.
What is the staff?
100
What kind of note gets 1 beat in 4/4 time?
What is the quarter note?
100
A symbol that indicates complete silence in music.
What is a rest?
100

The term used to make the phrase louder

What is crescendo?

200

A symbol that makes a note suddenly harsher and louder

What is an accent?

200
This clef is also known as the G-clef.
What is the treble clef?
200
What kind of note receives 2 beats in 4/4 time?
What is a half note?
200
The act of moving one's arms to show the tempo, rhythm, and character of a piece.
What is conducting?
200

The word meaning loud

What is forte? 

300

In choir, these are the 4 different parts that the singers sing depending on their voice part

What are soprano, alto, tenor, and bass?

300
This part of music notation appears at the beginning of every song, after the clef, and contains 2 important numbers.
What is the time signature?
300
What kind of note receives 3 beats in 4/4 time?
What is a dotted half note?
300
What kind of rest receives two beats and is located on the third line on the staff?
What is the half rest?
300

A tempo marking meaning "moderately slow"

What is Andante?

400

This key has two sharps in the key signature

What is the key of D?

400
This symbol may appear anywhere in a piece of music. It has two dots and two lines - 1 thin line and 1 thick line.
What is the repeat sign?
400
What kind of note receives 4 beats in 4/4 time?
What is a whole note?
400
This number tells us how many beats are to appear in each measure.
What is the top number of the time signature?
400

The word for meaning very very quiet

What is pianissimo?

500

In music notation, this curved symbol connects notes across measures and makes them longer

What are ties?

500
These two symbols lower and raise a pitch. They also help determine the key signature at the beginning of a piece. HINT: The key of F has one of these symbols.
What are sharps and flats?
500
What kind of note receives half of a beat in 4/4 time?
What is an eighth note?
500
This number tells us what kind of note gets the beat.
What is the bottom number of the time signature?
500

A symbol for extending a note until a cut off is given

What is fermata?