Instrument Families
Symbols or Something
Articulations
About Time
Mystery
100
This instrument family bows or plucks a string in order to make sound.
What is the String Family?
100
What clef would the violin, flute, clarinet or oboe use?
What is the treble clef?
100
When you see this clef, you play a note short.
What is staccato?
100
In 4/4 time, this note receives 1 beat.
What is a quarter note.
100
Cellos, tuba, and trombones all use this clef.
What is the bass clef?
200
This instrument family buzzes on a metal mouthpiece and vibrates air through the instrument.
What is the Brass Family?
200
The highest male voice part.
What is Tenor.
200
This symbol connects two or more different notes together.
What is a slur?
200
In 4/4 time, this symbol can fit in a measure no more than 8 times.
What is an 8th note?
200
This tells you how fast to play a piece of music.
What is the tempo.
300
Give 3 examples of percussion instruments:
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300
What is Tenor clef?
300
When you see this symbol, you play a note smoothly.
What is a tenuto?
300
In this 6/8 time, which kind of note would get the beat?
What is the 8th note?
300
This person writes music.
What is a composer?
400
This instrument family includes the saxophone.
What is the Woodwind Family?
400
The viola uses this clef.
Which is the Alto clef?
400
This symbol connects two or more notes that are the same.
What is a tie.
400
What does the top number of your time signature tell you?
How many beats are in every measure.
400
List the name of one composer.
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500
This instrument family includes the oboe and bassoon.
What is the Woodwind Family?
500
When you see this symbol tells you how many beats are in every measure and which type of note gets the beat.
What is the time signature.
500
This symbol makes a note longer, depending on what the conductor does.
What is a fermata?
500
In your time signature, what does the bottom number tell you?
Which type of note gets the beat?
500
Put these voice parts in order, from highest sounding to lowest sounding: Alto, Bass, Soprano, Tenor
Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass