Note Types
Written Music
Musical Terms
Instruments
Articulation and Dynamics
100

A type of note that gets 4 beats.

What is a Whole Note?

100
Music is written on this. It has 5 lines and 4 spaces.

What is a staff?

100

When one person plays.

What is a Solo?

100

A high pitched, silver woodwind instrument.

What is a Flute?

100

A curved line that joins two of the same notes together.

What is a Tie?

200

A type of note that gets 2 beats.

What is a half note?

200

This is used to show how many beats are in a measure.

What is a Time Signature?

200

When the whole section plays.

What is Soli?

200
A black woodwind instrument that uses a reed.

What is a Clarinet?

200

A curved line that joins two different notes together.

What is a Slur?

300
A type of note that gets 1 beat.

What is a quarter note?

300

This mark is used when you are supposed to repeat what you already played.

What is a Repeat Sign?

300

When everybody plays.

What is Tutti?

300

A brass instrument that makes high sounds.

What is a Trumpet/Cornet?

300

A symbol that means play loud.

What is Forte?

400

A type of note that gets 0.5 beats.

What is an eighth note?

400

A symbol that means hold the note longer than is written.

What is a Fermata?

400
A musical thought or sentence.

What is a phrase?

400

A low brass instrument with a slide.

What is a Trombone?

400

A symbol that means play softly.

What is Piano?

500

A type of note that gets 1.5 beats.

What is a dotted quarter note?

500

This is shown at the beginning of each line of music and changes certain notes.

What is a Key Signature?

500

Part of the section plays the top notes and part of the section plays the bottom notes.

What is Divisi?

500

A low brass instrument with a mellow sound and big bell.

What is a Baritone/Euphonium?

500

A symbol that means play the note louder than the others.

What in an Accent?