Beats in 4/4 time
This note gets 1 beat
What is a quarter note?
This word means "walking pace."
What is andante?
This clef is used to indicate notes primarily beneath middle C.
What is the bass clef?
This German composer only wrote one failed opera and one full song cycle. However, he wrote prolifically for the piano and orchestra.
Who is Ludwig van Beethoven?
This note is the top space in the bass clef.
What is "G?"
This note gets 4 beats.
What is a whole note?
This word means "fast."
What is allegro?
What is a repeat sign?
This composer and trumpeter is one of the founders of bebop. He also played on a bent trumpet.
Who is Dizzy Gillespie?
This note is the bottom space in the treble clef.
What is "F?"
This rest gets two beats.
What is a half rest?
This word means very slow.
What is adagio?
What is the "grand staff?"
Who is Claude Debussy?
This note is the single ledger line below the treble clef or the single ledger line above the bass clef.
This note is worth half of a beat.
This word means extremely loud.
What is "fortissimo?"
Three or more notes played together simultaneously
What is a chord?
This composer is often considered one of the first famous female concert pianists. She also is famous for her compositions and her editing of important scores.
Who is Clara Schumann?
This note is the top line of the treble clef.
What is "F?"
This note gets three beats.
What is a dotted half note?
This word means "with a singing quality."
What is cantabile?
8 notes played in sequence
What is a scale?
This Chinese-American composer is famous for creating songs that illicit a hybrid style of American songbook with Asian themes, harmonies, and folk music.
Who is Bright Sheng?
This note is the ledger line above the treble clef.
What is "A?"