Grand Staff/ Note Names
Rhythm, Note Values, Rhythmic Counting
Music History
Musical Instruments
Keyboard, Accidentals, Half/Whole Steps
100
This is the direction that we number the lines and spaces of the staff.
What is from the bottom to the top?
100
This is what MUST be included in the rhythmic counting for RESTS.
What are parenthesis? ( )
100
This is a wooden, plucked-stringed instrument, similar to the guitar that was the most popular instrument in the Medieval Era.
What is a lute?
100
These instruments belong to this family:
Harp
Cello
Violin
Viola
What is the String Family?
100
This is where the sharp or flat symbol goes when you are writing the note name of a note with an accidental.
What is to the RIGHT of the note letter
(Write it like you say it! --> "C sharp" C#)
200
This is how many lines and spaces are in a staff and how many staves are in a GRAND Staff.
What is 5 lines and 4 spaces, and 2 staves per Grand Staff?
200
How many beats are each of these note/rest types worth?
QUARTER
HALF
WHOLE
EIGHTH
What is:
QUARTER = 1 BEAT
HALF = 2 BEATS
WHOLE = 4 BEATS
EIGHTH = 1/2 BEAT
200
These are wandering performers of secular music.
What are wandering minstrels?
200
This is how sound is produced in the Percussion Family.
What is striking or shaking the instrument?
200
True or False:
A half step is the smallest distance between two keys on the keyboard (no keys in between them).
What is TRUE!
A WHOLE step has one key (black or white) in between.
300
These are the space notes directly above and below Middle C on the staff.
What is D in the Treble Clef and B in the Bass Clef?
300
If a note or rest is being held out for more than beat, you must include this in your rhythmic counting.
What is a dash?
-
1-2-3-4
300
This is the term for a single, unaccompanied melody.
What is monophonic music?
300
The timpani is a apart of which family?
What is the Percussion Family?
300
If you were to put the note F# on the staff, this is the side of the note that the sharp symbol goes.
What is to the LEFT of the note.
400
These are the pieces of a Grand Staff
What is 2 staves, bar lines, the clefs, and a brace?
400
If these eighth notes were in one measure of 4/4 time, this is what the rhythmic counting would be.
What is
1+ 2+ 3+ 4+
400
This is the term for notes outside the prevailing key, like sharps or flats that are not in the key signature.
What is chromaticism?
400
This is what vibrates to make sound in the Woodwind Family.
What is a reed?
400
These are the 4 steps when placing a note from the keyboard to the staff.
What is:
1. Identify the clef the note is in
(left of mid C: Bass clef, right of mid C: Treble Clef
2. Identify note name
3. Find distance from mid C
4. Repeat step 3 on the staff
500
These are the acronyms for lines and spaces for the Treble Clef AND the Bass Clef.
Treble Clef Lines: Every Good Burger Deserves Fries
Treble Clef Spaces: FACE
Bass Clef Lines: Good Burritos Don't Fall Apart
Bass Clef Spaces: All Cows Eat Grass
500
Draw the note AND rest for each type below:
QUARTER
HALF
WHOLE
EIGHTH
500
This is the term for a combination of instruments from one family.
What is a consort?
500
This is the musical instrument family where the player’s lips vibrate to create sound.
What is the Brass Family?
500
These are the definitions of a SHARP and a FLAT.
Sharp: Half step to the right of a key.
Flat: Half step to the left of a key.