Our songs
symbols
Reading music
Note/rest values in C time
italian terms
100

The first song we played in our Spring Concert.

What is "Furioso"?

100

What is it, and what does it mean?



What is staccato (on a quarter note); play it short?

100

The meaning of mp

What is mezzo piano. 

100

The value of a dotted half note

What is 3 beats?

100

The italian term for a medium slow, walking tempo.

What is "Andante"?

200

An italian term for the fast tempo for "Majestica".

What is Allegro?

200

The meaning of the Italian word Fine?

Example: D.C. al Fine 


Finish or End

200

The term for 

What is time signature?

200

Four beats of silence.

What is a whole rest?

200

The meaning of largo

What is "a slow tempo, with a dignified style"?

300

The dynamics for the final notes of "Furioso"

What is forte, or fortissimo?

300

What is it, and what does it mean?


fermata, or bird's eye; Hold the note for as long as the conductor directs.

300

The name and meaning of this symbol.

What is a crescendo, which means to get louder?

300

The value of a quarter note tied to an eighth note.

What is 1.5 beats?

300

What is this symbol called and what does it mean?


Marcato; Accented and short

400

The piece we played in the Spring Concert that was based on a 1973 song sung by Bill Haley and the Comets.

400

The meaning of this symbol

What is attack the note and immediately get soft?

400

The meaning of "divisi"

What is "split into two or more parts"

400

The value of two dotted quarter notes.

What is 3 beats?

400

What does the D.C. stand for in D.C. al Fine (in Italian)

What is Da Capo?

500

A average-speed tempo marking as played in Moai.

What is Moderately or Moderato?

500

What are the three symbols and what do they mean?


sharp, flat, natural; up a semitone, down a semitone, and back to normal.

500

The meaning of subito (as in the following):

What is "suddenly"?

500

The value of 5 bars of tied whole notes.

What is 20 beats?

500

Italian articulation term meaning to play in a smooth flowing manner, without breaks between notes.

What is legato?