Musical Symbols
Musical Vocabulary
Note Reading
Solfege and Counting
Miscellaneous
100
This symbol means to play something loudly.
What is Forte
100
This is the name of the group of syllables we use when sight reading music. These syllables include do, re, mi, etc.
What is Solfege
100
Name this note. Pay attention to the clef.
What is A
100
Clap and count the following excerpt as a team:
What is 1& 2e&a 3& 4
100
What term means to play a piece of music smooth and connected
What is legato
200
This Musical Symbol means to play a note a half step lower than what you would normally hear.
What is a flat
200
This is the part of your mouth that, when lifted creates the maximum amount of space in your mouth to create the desired sound when singing
What is the soft palette
200
Name this note. Pay attention to the clef
What is E
200
The following example is in the key of E flat. What is the solfege for the excerpt? Extra points if you can sing it as a team.
What is Do Re Mi Re/ Mi Fa So So/ So Fa Mi Re/ Do Ti Do Do
200
What term means to go up or down by notes without any skips or jumps as shown here.
What is stepwise
300
This rhythmic symbol means that the musician is to hold a beat for how many beats?
What is three
300
This vocabulary word is the speed at a which the performer takes the music
What is tempo
300
Name the note. Pay attention to the clef.
What is D DOUBLE JEOPARDY
300
Clap and count the following rhythm as a team
What is 1-2 3e&a 4/ 1& 2e&a 3e&a 4
300
What do the two numbers in the time signature tell us?
What are how many beats are in a measure, and what kind of note receives one beat
400
This symbol is used when the composer wants the performer to sing a part of the music a second time
What is a repeat sign
400
This term is used to describe the unified sound a choir creates when all of the voices sound like one.
What is blend
400
Name the note. Pay attention to the clef
What is G
400
The Following excerpt is in the key of F. Give the solfege. Extra points if you can sing it as a team.
What is Do Mi So Mi/ So So Mi Do/ Re Do Ti Do/ Mi So Mi Do Bonus Question!
400
What syllables would you use to count the following rhythmic symbol
What is 1-e-&-a
500
These two curved line symbols look exactly the same but mean something different. Give the names of both
What are ties and slurs DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!
500
This term is used to describe the distance from one note to the next.
What is an interval
500
Name the Note. Pay attention to the clef
What is C
500
The following excerpt is in the key of D. What is the solfege? Extra points if you can sing it as a team.
What is Do Ti La Ti/ La So Fa Mi/ Fa Fa Mi Do/ Re Re Do Do
500
What is one thing the key signature tells us.
What are what note is considered Do, or what notes are sharped or flatted throughout the song Bonus Question:100 points