Notes and Beats
I have 1 beat.
What is a quarter note?
Tempo
What is the speed of the beat?
A guitar has this many strings.
What is 6?
This is the 5 lines and 4 spaces used for writing music.
What is a staff?
This many eighth notes will equal one whole note.
What is 8 eighth notes?
I make 1 beat with 2 of me.
What is an eighth note.
Forte
What is loud?
The third string on the guitar is tuned to this pitch.
What is G?
This sign at the end of a staff tells us to play the section again.
What is a repeat sign?
Common time or C is also known as this. It is what most songs are written in.
What is 4/4 time?
I have 2 beats.
What is a half note?
Very fast
What is presto?
This is the thickest string on the guitar.
What is string 6?
A staff is divided into bars using these.
This is the time signature for a march.
What is 2/4 time?
These two rests look similar but one is upside down.
What are a whole rest and a half rest?
Pianissimo
What is very quiet?
The harp belongs to this instrument family.
What is strings?
This indicates how many beats are in each measure.
What is a time signature?
One half note plus one dotted half note equals this many beats.
There are 4 of these in a whole note.
What is a quarter note?
Decrescendo
What is gradually getting quieter?
The trumpet belongs to this instrument family.
What is brass?
This swirly sign tells us we are playing higher notes. It is also sometimes called the G clef.
What is a treble clef?
This is the time signature for a waltz.
What is 3/4 time?