Notation
Additional lines above and below the staff.
What are Ledger lines?
This symbol tells you how many beats are in each measure.
What is a time signature?
This direction means to sing loudly.
What is forte (f)?
The sections of music separated by bar lines are called this.
What are measures?
This classic holiday song begins with “Dashing through the snow…”
What is Jingle Bells?
This symbol means “repeat from the beginning.”
What is the repeat sign?
In 4/4 time, this note gets 1 beat.
What is a quarter note?
his symbol means gradually get softer.
What is decrescendo?
When a section of music repeats, you see these dots and lines.
What is a repeat sign?
Singing without any instruments is called this.
What is a cappella?
This symbol at the end of the music means “stop.”
What is a double bar line?
A dotted half note receives this many beats.
What is 3 beats?
This tells you to jump to the coda.
What is the “To Coda” sign?
This musical pattern repeats after each new verse.
What is a chorus?
In “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” the gift on day 5.
What are five golden rings?
This symbol separates the staff in Measures.
What is a Bar Line?
Four beats of silence use this rest.
What is a whole rest?
This direction means to sing as quietly as you can.
What is Pianissimo?
This is when singers are singing the same part, and they suddenly divide into sections.(part 1, 2, 3, etc.).
What is a Divisi?
This is what you do at the end of a concert to thank the audience.
What is take a bow?
These curved lines connect two notes of the same pitch.
What is a tie? or no breath line
When music is being played on the off-beat.
What is syncopation?
This tells you to go back to the beginning of the song.
What is D.C. al Fine?
The same melody performed at different start times.
What is a Cannon / Round?
This holiday piece by Handel is famous for its “Hallelujah” chorus.
What is Messiah?